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<\/a>Linda at Emerald Bay<\/p><\/div>\n
Circumnavigating the Lake<\/u><\/p>\n
It was another horrible day in paradise \u2013 clear blue, cloudless sky on a cool crisp fall morning at the most beautiful alpine lake in the country, where we decided to take the day to drive around the lake and hit some old haunts that we\u2019ve not visited in years.\u00a0 The minute we walk out of our room we are engulfed in a butterscotch\/pine smell that tells us we are not in Kansas anymore.<\/p>\n
Going up the \u2018west shore\u2019, our first stop is Emerald Bay<\/strong>, where we pull over at an observation turn-out and soaked up the spectacular view.\u00a0 As we cruised along the lake-side road, just before arriving in Tahoe City<\/strong> we turn up Chinquapin Lane<\/strong> and stop at a cabin that I used to own with my college roommate, Ken Poulsen.\u00a0 We head up the road less than a mile and come to Sunnyside Restaurant & Lodge<\/strong>, one of the great lakeside restaurants.\u00a0 We were going to have lunch there, but it is only open for dinner during this time of year (\u2018this time of year\u2019 is known as \u2018the shoulder\u2019 season \u2013 the time between the end of summer and the opening of ski season). \u00a0We head into Tahoe City and plan to eat at Jake\u2019s on the Lake<\/strong>, but the \u00a0\u2018shoulder season\u2019 strikes again, only open for dinner.\u00a0 We stop at the location of brother, Jack\u2019s restaurant, The Off Shore Bar & Grill<\/strong>, which is now office space.<\/p>\n Sunnyside during the summer<\/p><\/div>\n Sunnyside last week<\/p><\/div>\n Just out of Tahoe City heading east is a condo project, sitting high above the road, called Rocky Ridge<\/strong>, which affords those in the front condos the most spectacular view of the lake I\u2019ve seen.\u00a0 It is where Suzanne\u2019s and my parents\u2019 ashes rest.\u00a0 Although it has a guard gate that doesn\u2019t allow anyone in without the gate combination, we were able to talk a maintenance man into letting us in.\u00a0 We got to pay our respects to my folks.<\/p>\n Finally, lunch at GarWoods<\/p><\/div>\n We continued around the lake still looking for lunch and finally found Gar Woods Grill & Pier <\/strong>and sat on the deck overlooking the lake and had a great lunch before we headed into Nevada, where we were first greeted by Cal-Neva<\/strong>.\u00a0 Well, we weren\u2019t really greeted since it\u2019s been closed for many years now, but still sits above Crystal Bay<\/strong> and was once a great hotel and casino owned in part by Frank Sinatra<\/strong>, unfortunately, the other part was owned by Chicago mobster, Sam Giancana<\/strong>. \u00a0Someday it will reopen and I hope to be one of its first guests.<\/p>\n We continued around the lake into Incline Village<\/strong> and stopped at the Hyatt Hotel and Casino <\/strong>to try our hand at some games of chance \u2013 some of us were luckier than others.\u00a0 We completed the last leg of the trip as we were coming down the east side of the lake to South Shore as the sun was just setting behind the Sierra Nevada Mountains. \u00a0A spectacular sunset on a fabulous day!!<\/p>\n Genoa Lakes<\/u><\/p>\n Linda at Budd’s lot<\/p><\/div>\n When packing for this trip we weren\u2019t sure of the weather, so we packed golf clubs and ski jackets and wondered if we\u2019d have to play golf in our ski jackets.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t, it was shorts and golf shirt weather at Genoa Lakes Golf Club<\/strong> on \u2018the other side of the mountain\u2019.\u00a0 Prior to teeing off, we visited our good friends, Jack & JJ Budd\u2019<\/strong>s, lot on the golf course – awesome view!<\/p>\n After making our donations at Harrah’s<\/strong>, Harvey’s<\/strong>, Hard Rock,<\/strong> and various other casinos around the lake, and having seen all the old haunts, we decided that we had seen everything we wanted to see, done everything we wanted to do and lost all the money we had with us, so . . . we decided to head home on Wednesday, which we did.<\/p>\n It was a beautiful, short and sweet, five-day trip, and it’s always nice to get home into air that we can sink our teeth into!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Bob Sparrow (Post is a continuation from the post on November 29) Circumnavigating the Lake It was another horrible day in paradise \u2013 clear blue, cloudless sky on a cool crisp fall morning at the most beautiful alpine lake … read more![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Sunnyside-300x199.jpg\")
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