Lake Tahoe

The water of Lake Tahoe was very blue. It reminded me of Crater Lake in OR. (It was blue because the sky was blue. The water takes on the color of the sky actually. If it were gray, the water would be gray.

Tahoe kind of reminded me of Juneau. There was the 4 and 5 foot snow berms along the road. The big difference is that Lake Tahoe is sooooo crowded with houses and the roads need some work. Lake Tahoe is losing 1 foot of clarity per year. There are probably 50 ski areas around Lake Tahoe. 40 years ago you could see down 100 feet. Today, they can see down 70 feet. They have very tough environmental regulations to limit the crap that goes into Lake Tahoe. They enforce with big fines. I would like to Kayak on Lake Tahoe. I cross country skiied on a groomed trail and as I left, I found the real cross country areas on the way to Carson City. Next time, I will go through Carson and cross country in the rough, wooded areas which are Forest Service Land.