We’ve been back from Tahoe since Sunday evening but I thought I’d post some photos from our trip.  First of all, we stayed at Dot and Marc’s cabin dubbed Mauna Lani and it has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and a huge deck overlooking a tree house!  We had 9 people and 3 dogs in the house and there were plenty of beds and hanging-out space for all of us.  Koa got to hang out with Smush and Brady (who he met for the first time) and they got to chow down on lots of treats and meat.  At one point, all three of them were separated to different corners of the house and Koa actually got to eat barbequed meat off of a fancy Paris plate.

On NYE, we took a little hike up to get a nice view of the lake.  With a clear blue sky, the water looked like blue glass.  I got a pretty good workout and my hamstrings were actually sore by the end of the day.

I loved watching Koa run up the trails and he was surprisingly well-behaved. I think that if we lived in Tahoe, Dog would be so much happier.  *sigh*

For lunch/dinner, we barbequed on the deck and Jes made 3 meals: pre-dinner (sausages), dinner (carne asada tacos), and after-dinner (chili lime wings).  We were so stuffed that we didn’t need anything else before the drinking started.

The girls started pretty early in the evening and were pretty much at their peak around midnight EST.  At one point, they were doing pyramid push-ups and Marc did the worm.  They even crashed the party in the house next door.  It was fun watching the action in my pjs and I stayed in to watch Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve while they were away.  They did, however, get back in time for the countdown and I got a tiny sip of champagne.

It was heavenly. 🙂

The next day, we had a big pancake breakfast and the dogs spent the morning napping in the sun.  Our drive home was pretty smooth and we were home by 5pm.

Here’s the rest of the photos from our weekend in Tahoe.