Day 9 - Lake Tahoe

Today we took it a bit easier. After waking up, we went for breakfast at the HolidayInn, which unfortunately can’t really be called breakfast again. But it's not slim.😉

Since we are spending three days in a hotel again, we could schedule a laundry day after breakfast👖👙🩳🩲. With Rei in the tube, everything becomes nice and clean. But where to put the wet stuff? Fortunately, we had the last room in the corridor and could hang our clothes nicely in the sun.

After that, we headed out at 10 AM to Lake Tahoe, which we had only seen briefly yesterday. We chose the whale cove. However, we didn’t have to worry about where exactly to go. We then descended a rather steep and longer section through the forest to the lake. But it was worth it. The closer you got to the water, the better the view of the lake became 😍. At this point, there were very few people, so we could choose a nice spot on the rocks.

Kathi was the first to jump into the lake, which is 500 m deep. The water was really not particularly warm. I jumped in a little later, and it was delightful🤩. At first, it was cold, but the more I swam 🏊🏻‍♂️🏊🏻‍♂️, the warmer it became. Afterward, I didn't even want to get out of the water anymore.🏊🏻‍♂️🏊🏻‍♂️🏊🏻‍♂️🏊🏻‍♂️🏊🏻‍♂️

A second group then came to the spot by the lake with three Border Collies🦮.

We truly enjoyed the view and the relaxing day.

Around 2 PM, we headed back and climbed back up to the car. It was a different path, but it was also quite long and steep. However, from there, we had another great view of the lake, whose water is simply crystal clear and very clean.🏊🏻‍♂️🏄🏻‍♂️

In the evening, we then stopped by a nearby Italian restaurant. Papa finally had a lasagna again, which was really good, and Kathi ordered Spaghetti Carbonara.