Rock with a view

As we would drive between Tahoe City and Emerald Bay for many years we passed by this massive rock along side Highway 89. Geocaching ended up taking us on a five minute hike around the back of this rock which ended with this amazing view of most of the lake. We have stopped often to bring friends or family to this special spot.

A peaceful spot to watch the salmon

This creek comes out of Fallen Leaf Lake and enters Lake Tahoe. It is interesting to see the salmon return in the fall to lay their eggs in the same creek in which they were born.

Salmon Spawning

Kokanee salmon are swimming from the lake up this creek where they lay their eggs before they die. In this photo a duck is sitting on a rock watching the salmon go by. Just minutes before we arrived at this creek the rangers and a few other people had seen a bear in the creek eating the salmon. What an amazing sight that would have been!

Trails around the bay

There are very pretty trails to hike around after you hike to the bottom at Emerald Bay. Rick and Jenn pose for a shot and almost blend right in!

This is a shot of us on one of the water crossings. There is so much run off from the snow melt that it is very lush even in the fall.

Emerald Bay view from top and bottom!

Emerald Bay is located along State Route 89 on the South/West side of the Lake. The bay can be accessed by hiking down, or boating in.
In the above photo Scott, Jenn and Rick relax on the dock and are looking at Fannette Island which is the only island in Lake Tahoe. There aren't' too many days that you won't see a single boat in Emerald Bay. Just after this shot was taken the Tahoe Queen cruised in for a closer look.
Emerald Bay is a National Natural Landmark.

Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe

Happy Birthday to me! We went up to South Lake Tahoe for a couple of days with the Bianchi's for my Birthday. The fall colors are amazing right now and the weather couldn't' have been better.
Our first stop was the hike down to the Vikingsholm Castle in Emerald Bay.

MandaRun (Loomis, CA)

J & J Sports Productions Oct 18th, 2008.
Jennifer and I were hired by the Loomis Basin Education Foundation to help them put on the MandaRun. We worked with them last year as well and it was a great event. The foundation supports the schools in the area so there were a lot of families. We had 263 runners registered.
This was the third weekend in a row of races for us and now it's time for a break

The beginning of the race.

H.O.T Pink 5k

We didn't have to travel far this weekend! Here are a couple of pictures from the event Jennifer and I directed on Saturday morning. The H.O.T Pink 5k was a 5k race through Historic Old Town Roseville. It was the brain child of Roseville Connects (a young professionals organization). The proceeds for this event went to the South Placer UCD Breast Cancer Endowment. For a first time event Jennifer and I were really happy with the turnout. Just under 400 runners.

www.rosevilleconnects.com

Windsor, CA

Here is the town of Windsor, CA. We were visiting a week or so ago. We were in town because Celeena's soccer team had a tournament that weekend. Windsor is about 15 minutes north of Santa Rosa. It's a cute little town that actually looks like a movie set. I have never seen a town so clean and neat. They have the best candy shop I think I have ever been to. The girls spent a long time in there. They had candy that we all remembered from our childhood. Candy cigarettes, bottle caps and moon pies, to name a few.
We also spent some time at the Wine bar.
I would say Windsor is worth a stop off the freeway if you are in the area.

Lake Tahoe, CA

For Labor Day weekend we went up to Tahoe and camped with six other Families at Zephyr Cove. www.zephyrcoveresort.com
One evening some of us went for a sunset cruise on the Woodwind. It was pretty cold outside but beautiful. Lake Tahoe is 22 miles long and 12 miles wide. I know we didn't go all the way to each end but we were out for a couple of hours.
Here is Scott BBQing at our campsite.
Good times!