Tahoe Scenery

Tahoe is an incredibly beautiful place. We were very near the recent burn area, and it was quite sad to see the charred landscape. There were places just down the hill from where we were staying where homes had burned completely down - only chimneys were standing - and right across the street would be an untouched home. On the top of the hill where we stayed, you couldn't even tell there had been a fire.

One day we took a drive to a nearby overlook on a ridge, and here is what you could see:

One side of the ridge was completely burned, and the other side (not pictured) was completely fine. However, things are already starting to sprout again! Near the overlook, we lucked into finding a very beautiful little lake with canoes.

And, yes, we did have him in a life jacket when we were actually out on the water. But we didn't go far out with him because we were insistent that he sit in our laps, and he was insistent that he sit and paddle the boat all by himself.