My trip to Lake Tahoe

Hi everyone,

For my birthday on 24th of July, my boyfriend and I went to Lake Tahoe because I heard that it is very pretty there in summer, too. We left on Friday morning and got there at about noon. On the way there I saw a rice field which I never thought I would see here in the US. It reminded me of my parents' rice field (homesick). It was very hot that day from Sacramento to Tahoe. The temperature was about 95. But that did not bother me at all because the place was wonderfully pretty. We stayed for two nights there in a hotel room that my boyfriend called "a squirrel hollow." Nice enough but small. On the first day we were just exploring. There were a lot of hiking trails. And trails lead you to streams. The lake was very gorgeous. I think everybody knows that. Now let's have a look at the pictures. As you know, I love taking pictures because it's the easiest form of art of all. It takes only a second to get one piece of work. Not like painting, it takes me a week or two to create anything. Also, I like my pictures better than my paintings. Now I am ready to show you my pictures, really.

This is Carquinez Bridge, the first main bridge of San Francisco Bay Area, linking us to Valejo. But this bridge is not the original one. It's the new one which was built recently. You can see that it's a supension bridge.

The rice feild I mentioned. It looks different from what we have in Thailand but that's why Thai jasmine rice is so good.

Bridal Veil Falls. We found it on the road side, actually we didn't find it because my boyfriend already knew that it was there. He stopped for us to relax and stretch after being stuck in the car for two hours. You can really see how it got such a name, rigth? It really looks like a bridal veil how the water splashes over the layers of rocks.

A weird kind of plant I found at the information center of Lake Tahoe. The berries grow from the leaves. Interesting huh?

Emerald Bay. This place is very popular among tourists. I can see how. The water looks emerald as the name implies. On the shore is a house called Vikingholm. It was built by a woman from Norway. She liked the place because it looks like Norway so she built the house here. The island is called Finette Isanland. It's the place she used as a tea room when she had special guests. What a lovely place to live.

First of all, this is at Baldwin Beach. People play in clean and clear wavy water there. And some were kayaking. The little ant took me forever to focus. But it was worth it. I love the color of the sand through the water. It looks like gold. From this beach you can see Mount Tallac, which still has some snow on some part of it.

And this is how the sand and the water look.






The duck and the ducklings are from the closest beach to the city. It seemed to me that the mother duck was trying to make the ducklings swim but the poor ducklings were cold and only wanted to be on the shore to get dry. A lot of people were having barbeque on the upper part of the beach. In the lake people were parasailing and boating. The beach was dirty but not very dirty, still there was nobody swimming. The different blue layers is from the same beach.

The flowers are from Upper Truckee Marsh. We biked there on Saturday. It was very pretty there. You can see the mountains and the green marsh, with a running stream, how pleasant. And of course the marsh wouldn't look that interesting without the flowers.

Two more pictures from the marsh.

The two views of Rubicon Peaks. One from Upper Truckee Marsh and one from the beach close to the city. This mountain is popular in winter because it has a lot of peaks that you can enjoy skiing.

I hope you like my post. I am actually late now. See you guys and Denise at school on Monday. Welcome back.