We've just had so much to do lately we haven't really had a chance to get away and have a little break to ourselves. You know how it goes, lots of things going on at work and you start to realize all your weekends have been prebooked with things you may not really have much interest in doing. Not to mention the fact that we're still unpacking from the move, we did get a pretty cool house in a nice neighborhood, but man I hate moving. Anyway, when the opportunity arose for us to duck out to Tahoe, well we just couldn't say no.

From our location in the bay area Tahoe is about a 3hr drive, so it's not terribly far, but it isn't exactly right around the corner either. We went up Friday night around 7pm and the traffic was light, but the conditions going in got increasingly worse. Not much moonlight, lots of rain and fog thick enough to obscure most of the windy road. That was especially interesting in areas that more or less had cliffs on one side or the other with no guardrails and people trying to go well over the speed limit.

You know how everything is connected in ways we sometimes don't realize... I wonder if my driving at a sane speed and creating a slight backup in some of the especially dangerous parts forced someone else to slow down, which prevented that person from flying over the edge. I'd like to believe so, especially when I think about the guy in the minivan that floored it around me while honking and swerving as he careened down a wet, windy road with a sheer cliff on the side.

So, aside from the adventure getting there we had a great time. We got in some hiking, some sightseeing, toured around the lake and of course a few bucks in gambling entertainment. I even had to MacGyver a fix to a leaking fuel line on the big Jeep, turned out we sprayed about a 1/4 tank before I caught on to it. DOH

I guess that explains why I wasn't getting tailgated on my way up that last twisty section of road lol. Anyway, here's a few more pictures we snapped along the way. I love Tahoe. :)