We took a short five day vacation to Lake Tahoe in September about 8 years ago.
We stayed at Harvey's Hotel there. It was very nice. The casino was not
very crowded like in Atlantic City. It was huge too. We drove all around
the Lake and it is breathtaking. What a beautiful place! The pines trees
are humunguous. Pine cones are the size of footballs! There are exquisite
bike trails there. Hiking is incredible. Somehow the stars seem brighter and
closer there too. It's just lovely country. They have a replica of the Ponderosa Ranch on the California side of the
Lake. This should not be missed, it was really neat. At the saloon you can order a saspirilla
served in a tin cup with a great picture of Ben, Adam, Hoss and Little Joe on it. They have tons
of old west memoribilia displayed all over the place. Stagecoaches, buckboards,
carriages, horses, cattle, all kinds of stuff. Shaving mugs and straight
razors in the Barber Shop, a buffalo head over the piano. Wagons full of old
cowboy boots, piles of old spurs, antique horse tack, you name it. Walking
through the Cartwright's House you see Little Joe's green suede jacket hanging on the rack
by the front door, Hop Sing's kitchen, the stone fireplace, Pa's desk and gun
cabinet. It's pretty cool. I grew up watching Bonanza every Sunday night, didn't everybody? We went to a big flea market there and my father bought a very old, and very
used, brass spitoon. He loves crazy stuff like that. You can find all kinds
of rattlesnake items if your in the market for that kind of thing, keyrings,
hat bands, belts, or a stuffed whole rattlesnake if your so inclined. On the roads there are two stop signs mounted on each pole. The top one is about 25 feet off the
ground, that's so you can still see them after it snows! Burrrrrrr! Of course, if you want to ski
we were told that's pretty good there too. But, I've never been interested in
strapping two waxed sticks to my feet and sliding down the side of a frozen mountain.
I guess I'm not that adventurous.
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