Travel to Tahoe

We took a quick trip to Lake Tahoe for the weekend, so here are some pics. Luckily for you, there aren't pics of me and Ellen in the swimming pool together, so you can't play "guess which one's pregnant?"

We got a good deal on the lodging: $84.00 for a room with a view, including unlimited access to heated pool, spa, indoor tennis, racquetball, and basketball. If we we wanted to ski, there was a gondola and high speed quad lift about a 5 minute walk from our room. It was all pretty nice.

Dinner: We ate at this mongolian barbecue joint called "Fire and Ice." I liked the concept, because you go to this raw bar and pick out your noodles, meats, veggies, and sauces, then some dudes cook it all up on a big grill. Ellen figured out real quickly how to load up three or four different dishes on the grill at one time, and then got the timing down to where she would finish one dish just as another was being done. I think both her and the baby got their fill. Heck, I gained 5 pounds just from smelling all the food Ellen was eating.

Nighttime Entertainment: After cruising around Tahoe and taking some pics, we settled in and Ellen crashed while I played and won a mean game of "Phase 10" with some friends that came with us, and some Japanese friends of theirs. Its always good to sharpen the Japanese skills....which are admittedly rusty.

Final thoughts: I thought it was a great little getaway, but we need to spend some more time there. We never ran into any hippies or granolas, everyone was outwardly oriented the way we prefer: ladies liking the gents and gents liking the ladies, we ate good and fairly cheap, and the natural beauty of the place is breathtakingly beautiful.