Yesterday was a travel day. We drove about 4 hours to the east to Lake Tahoe. We arrived at our KOA around 2pm and we all had free will to do whatever we wanted for about 3 hours. The little girls found pure joy in a make believe game of some kind in which a giant boulder needed to be climbed multiple times. We did a little swimming, laundry, cigaring (my new verb), and FOB (camp term for flat on bunk).
Our tummies were grumbling and we found a yummy Thai restaurant for dinner. We put the hurt on some Pad Thai, veggie tempura, spring rolls, and shrimp but you can always count on Alastair to order the most interesting item. He had "the whole fish" with red curry. I don't know what kind of fish it was but he ate it all and wasn't even bothered by the eye balls.
We watched a movie in the RV and were regularly interrupted by our local KOA crew trying to scare away a bear that has become very interested in our campground. We are tucked in tight in our RV but there are quite a few folks in tents who I am sure didn't sleep well. For over an hour the KOA crew screamed at the top of their lungs "HEY BEAR", honked car horns, sounded air horns, and made a whole bunch of noise. This must be one persistent bear because we all went to sleep to the "hey bear" screams.
Girls' Day
We made separate plans from the boys for the day which is rare. They wanted to ride bikes downhill and we did not. We had scouted our end destination, a beach on the south edge of Lake Tahoe called Pope Beach, when we drove out for dinner last night. We executed our plan perfectly. We packed our lunch, put on our swim suits, filled our waters and grabbed our towels and we were on our way. Ten miles out never seems that far. We rode through some really pretty woods and had a very nice time. The beach was great and we all enjoyed a few hours by the water. The little two played in the crazy cold lake the entire time and Addie and I had a chance to soak up a few rays and catch up on some girl talk.
The ride home was long. I do think more of it was uphill but I also think we were pretty depleted. I hadn't really brought that much lunch with us (because I carry the heaviest burden when it comes to back packs) and Dagny and Magnolia had depleted their energy stores. We dragged about the last half of the ride home and we were all super tired, sweaty, and dirty. We had a really great day and I am going to be a little sore tomorrow.
Guys' Day
We got to the top of the mountain and headed onto my first ever downhill mountain biking trail. About 100 feet into the trail on a sloped switchback trail my brakes slipped because I squeezed a bit too hard and they were never very good in the first place. I accidently delved off the trail. I hit something and flew over my handlebars and landed headfirst. I had no major injuries except for a few cuts and scrapes. We decided my current bike wasn't up to the challenge as it only cost 100 dollars at Walmart. We rented one at the Northstar Village which to rent was more than my bike cost.
We headed onto some road trails which I got some more comfort with. We did that trail a couple more times. After a couple times my father got a bit cocky on his bicycle and tried riding without hands. He fell over and cut up his knee a bit. The rest of the day we just biked without problems and eventually got tired. We wrapped up our final run of the day loaded up our bikes and headed back to our KOA.
Our tummies were grumbling and we found a yummy Thai restaurant for dinner. We put the hurt on some Pad Thai, veggie tempura, spring rolls, and shrimp but you can always count on Alastair to order the most interesting item. He had "the whole fish" with red curry. I don't know what kind of fish it was but he ate it all and wasn't even bothered by the eye balls.
We watched a movie in the RV and were regularly interrupted by our local KOA crew trying to scare away a bear that has become very interested in our campground. We are tucked in tight in our RV but there are quite a few folks in tents who I am sure didn't sleep well. For over an hour the KOA crew screamed at the top of their lungs "HEY BEAR", honked car horns, sounded air horns, and made a whole bunch of noise. This must be one persistent bear because we all went to sleep to the "hey bear" screams.
Girls' Day
The ride home was long. I do think more of it was uphill but I also think we were pretty depleted. I hadn't really brought that much lunch with us (because I carry the heaviest burden when it comes to back packs) and Dagny and Magnolia had depleted their energy stores. We dragged about the last half of the ride home and we were all super tired, sweaty, and dirty. We had a really great day and I am going to be a little sore tomorrow.Guys' Day
My Father and I woke up at around 8 o'clock in the morning and got dressed. We ate
a quick breakfast which was me having a little bowl of Fruit Loops and a banana. We took down the bikes loaded ours into the trunk of the van and headed onto the 49 miles of road to Northstar in Truckee, California which in winter is a ski resort and in summer a bunch of downhill bike trails. We got to the base and road our bikes up a hill to the ticket office. We got our lift tickets and went onto the chairlift.
We headed onto some road trails which I got some more comfort with. We did that trail a couple more times. After a couple times my father got a bit cocky on his bicycle and tried riding without hands. He fell over and cut up his knee a bit. The rest of the day we just biked without problems and eventually got tired. We wrapped up our final run of the day loaded up our bikes and headed back to our KOA.
- Alastair
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