Lake Tahoe-July 23 08

Why do I pick such bad places to go hiking?
I saw this sign, ate some "beef jerky" and was on my way!
I saw this little "Praying Mantis" today. She was small, once they breed, the female eats the male and she is on here way.
Sierra Nevada's, It was the middle of the day, this is haze from the forest fires.
A view of Lake Tahoe, once again the haze is from forest fires.
My room at Tahoe!
The men's bathroom, notice the seat is up!
The Ladies bathroom, notice the tub and the seat is down! I should have brought the "Mantis" she would have enjoyed the dichotomy!


My how things can change quickly! This morning after I left the Casino in "Colusa" I decided to stop and get my hair cut. I have let all of my hair go to the wind so to speak since I left. The last few days it has been very warm, so I went into a "Barber" shop and got a serious trim! When I was sitting in the chair I asked the barber how far it was to Lake Tahoe. He told me it was less than 2 hours away.

I told him about my plans, and while I am always one to multi-task, while he was cutting my hair, he gave me his phone, and I called "Harrahs" to see if I could change my reservations from next week to this week. While I am not what some would call a "High Roller" I do have some what of an acumen for gaming and over the years have build a relationship with "Harrahs" casino. They always take good care of me, and were more than happy to change my reservations to meet my needs! Well you an see by the pics above that they fixed me up with a good "Crib" for a couple of days. So here I am catching up on my blog from my new digs in "Tahoe".

My "Rewards" bank account is pretty flush at this point in time, so while we did not go to the wine country, I do feel that I nice bottle of wine will be in the offing tomorrow night!

That is pretty much it for now, I will be "Chilling" out here for a couple of days. I will be looking at the map to decide where we are going next, I still plan on going to Yosemite, and maybe hit the Grand Canyon, who knows?

Talk to you soon!

Tim