Wednesday June 22nd

Welcome to San Francisco!


We crossed over the Bay Bridge and started out at Pier 35. Went to check on taking a cruise and tour of Alcatraz, unfortunately they were all sold out until SUNDAY, we were pretty bummed!



We walked down to Fisherman's Wharf and had lunch at Chowder House, yummy clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl, fish & chips and fish tacos!



Walked around the other piers and ended up taking a locals boat cruise of the bay! We ended up soaking wet and cold but loved getting to go underneath the Golden Gate Bridge and around Alcatraz Island.









When we were back on land we headed to Pier 39 and saw the famous sea lions. We even had a nutella and banana crepe at the Pier!





Walked over to Ghirardelli Square to catch a cable car, the line was awful so we bought our pass and walked up a block and caught one there.




Ended up at Union Square, walked around then went to Chinatown and ate at Empress of China, it was very fancy and of course, super yummy!

Tuesday June 21st

Our last day in Tahoe!! There are not really a lot of pictures from today :(

We packed up, did some laundry, organized the cabin and got ready to head back to Sacramento. But before we left we decided to head into Truckee, Ca bought some souvenirs and have a YUMMY lunch! We were able to check out a place from Diners, Drive Ins and Dives, Burger Me, we had a double meat burger with avocado and onion rings!

Went back to the cabin, loaded up the car and drove down I-80 to Sacramento!



My Uncle Charlie took Matt and I to our first sushi experience!!It was so delicious, and we even had Japanese beer and sake! We had an assortment of rolls, raw fish and even tried OCTOPUS, it was chewy but good!!

After dinner we headed back to Pam and Charlie's house and showed them our pictures from our wonderful trip so far!

Monday June 20th

We were out the door at 9:30 am, the earliest we have done ANYTHING so far! We drove down the east shore of Lake Tahoe to Zephyr Cove, Nv. We took a steam paddle boat tour of Emerald Bay on the M.S. Dixie II at 11:30 am. Words and pictures do not do justice to the wonder that we saw on our boat tour. There were breathtakingly beautiful views of crystal clear water and mountains!








In Emerald Bay we saw great views of Eagle Falls, and even saw 2 bald eagles!





After the cruise we just hung out on the beach in Zephyr Cove. At 4:00 we rented a 2 man kayak and took it out in the cove! The water was so clear, I was in the front of the kayak and was in charge of helping us steer, more than once I was off on my depth perception!



After we returned the kayak we packed up and took off up the east coast. We stopped in Kings Beach and had dinner at Jasons Beachside Grille.

Got to Truckee and got some ice cream for dessert, got back to the cabin, snuggled in on the couch and watched The Notebook.

Sunday June 19th

Started our day in Squaw Valley, where the 1960 Winter Olympics were held!








Ate a lazy late lunch at Jake's on the Lake in Vikingsholm. It was one of the best meals that we had! Started out with a layered seafood cocktail, and then split a piece of Beramundi (white fish from Australia) in a lemon butter and caper sauce with asparagus and a risotto cake!! YUMMMMMMMMMMMMM Here are a few pictures of our view from lunch.




Checked out South Lake Tahoe and then headed down to Zephyr Cove to get information about a cruise tour we wanted to take the next day. Found out that they had a cruise leaving at 11:30 am the following morning, meant we would have an early morning but we were very much looking forward to it!

We headed back to Soda Springs, stopping in Truckee to get Chinese takeout, and enjoyed a nice relaxing evening at the cabin!

Saturday June 18th

We had a lazy morning, I made Matt breakfast in bed and then we got ready for our day in Nevada!

Drove down to Reno, found a place to park and began to explore. We were able to walk under the famous Reno arch, "The Biggest Little City in the World."


We started our casino adventure in Circus Circus, then we headed to the Silver Legacy. We both had so much fun playing video blackjack and roulette. We didn't even lose all of our money!!





We then headed down to Nevada's capitol, Carson City. When we got there we noticed lots of people in the streets, they were having "A Taste of Downtown" street fair. Unfortunately tickets were expensive so we didn't sample the food but we did enjoy some live music and walked around! We checked out all of the casinos on the main street, but they were SHADY and didn't have the games we had enjoyed so much in Reno, so we did not gamble in Carson City.





Settled in for dinner at High Sierra Brewing Company, Matt tried a honey brewed beer that we both loved. I finally tasted my first risotto (lobster) and I loved it, and felt very Top Chef esque!

On our way back to Soda Springs Matt stopped to fill up the gas tank and I enjoyed playing a little more video blackjack.

Here our some BEAUTIFUL pictures from the sunset on Lake Tahoe coming in from the east side of the lake.