Tahoe and Beyond

During the night it started to rain, usually that means its not going to be too cold, but not at Lake Tahoe and it was just above freezing and the temperature was 20deg. below normal. Being set up for summer, we just about froze and during the night I had put on sox, tracky daks, and my hoodie, and I was still cold. At about 5.30 am I thought I might get up but then I thought it would be warmer to stay in bed...then I thought it would be nice to get up and turn on the heater...what was that thought...HEATER ..yes we have a heater...WARMTH...shame the brain just doesn't work in the middle of the night...

We decided to catch the local Trolley Bus downtown and have a hot breakfast and we eventually found somewhere to eat and had to give our name and wait 20 minutes until a table was ready. After breakfast we wandered around and shopped some more and bought ourselves a warm jacket each and some gloves.

We were going to take a ride in the chairlift but due to the possibility of lightning in the area it wasn't operating, so we found a cosy PUB and had a few drinks and a BLT and then walked back to the campground. We then enjoyed the rest of the afternoon doing nothing in particular and had an early night as we planned to leave for my cousin Tom's house on the other side of the mountains. He lives in the foothills of the Sierra Madre' Mountains which is still pretty high up.

Last night we saw the skunk that comes up to the house to eat the cat food and we didn't get to see the bear that usually comes around on Rubbish Night and knocks over the Bins, and the children are not allowed out at dawn or dusk as there are Coyotes, Mountain Lions, Foxes, Bears and Lynx(Bobcats).. so once it got near dark I just stayed inside...who said I was chicken.....ME
Today we have spent the morning packing our bags to see how we are going to manage all we have purchased. We should just be OK with no spare room and only one large heavy (62lb)box that will either be shipped or excess baggage.