San Francisco to Lake Tahoe

Up bright and early, I had the bags packed, the car ready to leave our crappy hotel. Also, I could not wait to get to Lake Tahoe, which everyone told me was amazing.
The drive to the lake was about 4 hours and very scenic.
The lake coming into view

Lake Tahoe is probably one of the most beautiful places I have seen in the US. The Lake is massive and the most amazing aqua blue and emerald green colour. The lake is surrounded by mountains and Alpine forests. Lake Tahoe is the 2nd biggest lake in North America. We managed to find a hotel right on the edge of the lake. It even had a fire place, which was nice and cozy.
View of the lake from our hotel

The clean air and beautiful setting makes you feel all energetic and excited. There are tons of things to do, ski, snorkel, kayak, cycle, run, golf and much more. Chris and I headed off to rent some bikes. The guy gave us a route which takes you into the forest, along to historic sites of cabins built 150 years ago. We then headed of through a reserve, where they have built a glass tunnel under the river, where you can walk through and watch all the fish and other creatures swim around.
There are warnings all over the place that this is bear country, so we kept looking out for a fuzzy bear, but thank goodness we did not see any on our ride.
We then headed off to another lake, called “fallen Lake”. It was almost closing time for the bike rental place, so we headed back, but I could have cycled all day long.

In winter time, this place comes alive with Skiers. There are Ski sloes all around in the mountains surrounding the lake, and by the sounds of things, this place gets lots of snow in winter.

I was sad to leave and could have stayed there a whole week.