Lake Tahoe - A Wonderful Winter Wonderland Weekend

Hello everybody! As evident from the title, my most recent adventure took me to beautiful Lake Tahoe. This adventure was very special. Besides the obvious Wintery beauty that graces the expansive lake and the surrounding mountains, this adventure was extra special because my amazing, beautiful boyfriend Tucker was with me.

Just before noon on Thursday, I waited anxiously, leaned against the wall at the bottom of the escalator at the Sacramento Airport baggage claim. Goosebumps and butterflies, lots of them. Finally, he arrived! What a fantastic way to start our adventure.

We left from the airport, immediately headed for Lake Tahoe. We made excellent time. Knowing how dry and warm our winter has been, seeing no snow was not a surprise. We checked into our adorable A-Frame cabin on the Northwest shore of Lake Tahoe, in Tahoe Park, and began our weekend.

Friday took us to the South Shore of the lake. During the roughly 35 minute drive through the winding peaks, we stopped at Eagle Falls. An amazing vista it was. The lake, a frozen waterfall, towering peaks. Amazing.

Our day at South Shore was a blast. Though we did lose some money (just how much will remain a secret). We drove home the opposite way, following the lake all the way around it's eastern shore. Dinner, champagne, hot tubbing, a perfect night indeed. The fairly mild weather of the past two days flipped on it's side. Saturday morning, we awoke to about 6 inches of fresh snow, with much more in sight. A quick breakfast in town and a trip to the store was first on our list (just in case we got snowed in).

After a relaxing, snowy, dreamy Saturday, we took to the South Shore again. Sunday brought quite a bit more snow as well as another stop at Eagle Falls. This time, a fluffy, snowy view fell upon us. Winter, magic. We couldn't hike down quite as far as our first venture to the falls, but we got far enough.

South Shore took more of our money, but gave us an AMAZING dinner at Friday's Station for our 6 month anniversary. French Onion Soup, Filet Mignon, Alaskan King Crab Legs, Chocolate Molten Lava Cake and wine. WOW! I used to go to this restaurant when I was quite a bit younger for my birthday. It had probably been 18 years or so since I had been there, and it did not disappoint.

And then...oh and then...our drive back to the cabin. One word, SCARY. One of maybe 4 other cars we saw on the road as we drove through a blizzard. To make a long story short, we arrived at our cabin almost 2 hours later, having braved deep snow covered roads, high winds, limited visibility. Oh my...but we made it.

We woke up Monday to another near foot of fresh snow. Tucker had a 12:30pm flight back to Nashville, so we got up early! It was a good thing we did, the weather was CRAZY and the drive was at times, frightening. We made it though, safe and sound. Reflecting on our weekend adventure, and saddened deeply by the end of it. But our next adventure is very soon to come.

It truly was a wonderful weekend in a Wintery wonderland.