Day 32: Napa Valley to Lake Tahoe

We bid a sad farewell to Napa, we were really lucky to have stayed in such a wonderful old house.

The 6 lane highway out north, Sacramento way, was packed, especially in the opposite direction, I guess with people returning home after the Independence Day week. I can’t believe the number of big assss cars and Winnebagos around. We left wine country and headed into mountain country and pine forests. It was a steady ascent up to Lake Tahoe at 1900m.

As we entered Tahoe territory, we were treated to beautiful scenery of huge pines and clear rocky streams. Being summer and school holidays, this is a popular holiday spot and the streams were full of boats and inflatables with families bobbing down stream.

We passed through the busy little town of Tahoe City on the Northern section of the lake, before heading further uphill, passed Dollar Point to Carnelian Bay.

Here we wound our way through a pine forest littered with wooden houses, reminiscent of a little Switzerland. We picked up our home for the next 2 nights on Air B & B, what a delightful find !! We are high up on a hill, surrounded by beautiful high pine trees and a view, second to none, of the pristine lake and Sierra Nevada Mountains on the opposite side.

In the afternoon we went for a walk along the lake, we came across a music concert on the beach, everyone here is in holiday mode.