Moderators Lee Knight Posted May 21, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 21, 2008 I'm taking a little 1 week vacation with the wife and 11 year old daughter in Lake Tahoe starting Saturday. So... what do you do in Tahoe? My sister and brother in law will be there as well so we have the option of a casino night or 2 and a show etc. if we choose. Sis watches the kid in other words. Gambling is pretty low on my list of interests but music tops the list. I plan to rent bikes and make our way around town that way a little. We're driving so we have transportation to the surrounding areas easy enough. So have you been? Any ideas or recommendations as to how we spend our time? I'm fighting the urge to bring my laptop and an album's worth of drum edit/comps that needs getting done. So no work. None. Now what do I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted May 21, 2008 Members Share Posted May 21, 2008 My old class mate Guido Landolt is Executive Pastry Chef at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boosh Posted May 21, 2008 Members Share Posted May 21, 2008 Well if someone was watching my kid I'd know what me and my wife would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted May 21, 2008 Author Moderators Share Posted May 21, 2008 Well if someone was watching my kid I'd know what we and my wife would do. Yeah... there's that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted May 21, 2008 Author Moderators Share Posted May 21, 2008 My old class mate Guido Landolt is Executive Pastry Chef at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort I'll try to amke it a point to sample some of his handiwork! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted May 21, 2008 Members Share Posted May 21, 2008 I'm fighting the urge to bring my laptop and an album's worth of drum edit/comps that needs getting done. Don't you dare waste any Tahoe time on the computer. It's unbelievably gorgeous up there, summer or winter. Get out and do some nature stuff. Breathe the air, see the trees, walk near the lake or on one of the thousands of hiking trails. Take the tram up to Heavenly or Squaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators MrKnobs Posted May 21, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 21, 2008 About the best thing I can say about Lake Tahoe is it's fairly close to Yosemite Natl. Park in CA. Terry D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted May 21, 2008 Members Share Posted May 21, 2008 During the summer, it's really beautiful. Well, actually, as Jeff says, it's beautiful all the time. You could rent bikes and ride around the lake, which is admittedly a far bike ride...or you could ride part of the way and turn around. You could go river rafting on the Truckee River, which is extremely mild. You could rent a canoe or paddleboats and go out on the lake. You could go hiking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bbach Posted May 21, 2008 Members Share Posted May 21, 2008 There's the Heavenly tram, open year round. It's a great way to get to the top and see all of Tahoe beneath you. Drive out to the Dayton area (45 minutes) and see the Ponderosa (think "Bonanza"). Go to Virginia City and walk the shops. There's a lot of cool art shops in South Lake Tahoe as well. Reno is a blast. I'll be there in August. My son lives in Dayton and we will go out and spend a few days before driving up to Seattle to goof around and then head home through the northern rockies. It's a fun round trip. bbach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkZ Posted May 21, 2008 Members Share Posted May 21, 2008 If your brother Fredo has betrayed you, Lake Tahoe is an ideal place to have him assassinated and his body dumped in the lake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted May 22, 2008 Author Moderators Share Posted May 22, 2008 If your brother Fredo has betrayed you, Lake Tahoe is an ideal place to have him assassinated and his body dumped in the lake. He's bound and in the trunk already... Good suggestions. I especially like the Truckee river idea. And the bikes. I am ready to get the hell out of Dodge, I can tell you that. My backup at work has been trained and the boss has been informed that I will be unreachable. We leave Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted May 22, 2008 Members Share Posted May 22, 2008 Nature. But you sure you won't dig a little blackjack? I know I do. To expand...gambling is so popular, it has gotten really difficult to find tables with reasonable minimums. You could set me at a $5 table with drink service and I could be happy all night without risking more than 100 or 150 bucks, but my recent visits to casinos (except cruise ship casinos) suggest that $25 is the new $5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted May 22, 2008 Author Moderators Share Posted May 22, 2008 Nature.But you sure you won't dig a little blackjack? I know I do. I can try. Casinos depress me. All that cig smoke and losers and stale booze smell. Blue haired old ladies croakin' at ya, "Don't even think about it. That's my machine!" And fat people from small towns with really white arms and cutoff Nugent T-Shirts. The nature's sounding better and better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boosh Posted May 22, 2008 Members Share Posted May 22, 2008 $25 is the new $5 We in Europe know that's true,..... Have you seen the new $3 coin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted May 22, 2008 Members Share Posted May 22, 2008 I can try. Casinos depress me. All that cig smoke and losers and stale booze smell. Blue haired old ladies croakin' at ya, "Don't even think about it. That's my machine!" And fat people from small towns with really white arms and cutoff Nugent T-Shirts. See, I just eat that stuff up How about when you pull a big winner on a slot machine (I won 1k on a 2-quarter bet once) and all the stalwarts come by and touch your back and feel your hair and such. Dude, it's anthropology. Open yourself to it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators MrKnobs Posted May 22, 2008 Moderators Share Posted May 22, 2008 I'm an INCE session chair and we had our fall conference last year in Reno. I took the wife along (seems to be the norm these days, and she takes me to her conferences) and as soon as I could I headed over to the Lake Tahoe area for some R&R. I guess I'm just very particular about my mountain scenery, I didn't linger long before driving down to Yosemite. Terry D. P.S. My bored wife won a nice piece of cash on the slots, and she actually had the discipline to put half the money away before proceeding to lose the other half back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echoshock Posted May 22, 2008 Members Share Posted May 22, 2008 Carson City? Oh wait, you said your wife is coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members daklander Posted May 22, 2008 Members Share Posted May 22, 2008 Parasail, fish, play golf, hike, gamble, visit The Ponderosa, Visit Virginia City, gamble, stay at the haunted hotel in Gold Hill, visit Reno, gamble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members amplayer Posted May 22, 2008 Members Share Posted May 22, 2008 I'm with some of the others: Go up the tram at Heavenly. Heavenly is definitely not one of the better ski resorts in Tahoe, but it has the best views by far. If you've got some big bucks, there's lots of great restaurants in Tahoe. Across the street from the Hyatt is a really nice restaurant right on the lake, but I can't remember the name of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted May 23, 2008 Author Moderators Share Posted May 23, 2008 I'm with some of the others: Go up the tram at Heavenly. Heavenly is definitely not one of the better ski resorts in Tahoe, but it has the best views by far. If you've got some big bucks, there's lots of great restaurants in Tahoe. Across the street from the Hyatt is a really nice restaurant right on the lake, but I can't remember the name of it. The last time I was in Tahoe I was a young skier. Kirkwood and Heavenly were regular haunts. I'll make sure to re-experience that view atop Heavenly. Thanks for the tip on the restaurant... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted May 26, 2008 Author Moderators Share Posted May 26, 2008 It's raining... Won't stop till Friday... But they do have free WiFi... And a good bookstore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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