Lake Tahoe

This week we joined my parents and sister for the annual ski vacation in Lake Tahoe.  The weather was chilly enough to make for fairly good snow conditions and we had clear skies for amazing views. Neal continued to improve his skiing, and after only his second ski trip, is starting to look like an old pro.  We had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed spending time with family.  

View from our room - the face of 

Mt. Heavenly

On our first day out, we took a lunch cruise on the M.S. Dixie II

around the lake.  It was a gorgeous day and we got a nice

view of our surroundings.

Dad loves hanging out with his son-in-law  :-)

The gals

My sister, Ana, is quite the piano player.  

Every year she plays at the resort for fun and 

always has a crowd of admirers.  This year her 

skill grew to a level of professionalism and her 

admirers became paying customers.  She earned

$16 in one night!  She makes me proud. :-)

Family dinner at our favorite Tahoe restaurant -

Villa Roma.

Welcome to Nevada!  Neal, dad, and I making the most of a 

beautiful day, crossing the mountain from California to Nevada.

Here is a view from the gondola.  You can barely make out

the "strip" with the casinos down on the right.

My sister joined us the second day out.  She was the only

brave snowboarder.  :-)

There's Neal - he's a pro!

A trail we took all the way down the mountain

Although we were surrounded by casinos, we preferred to

entertain our kid at heart and play in the arcade.  

They had a fun motorcycle game at the arcade so of course,

we had to try it!  It's so much easier to ride a bike in real

life than to play this game.