Sunday 5/13/2012
We had planned on leaving the Lake Tahoe area at the end of our 9 day stay by way of Hwy 89, or the west side of the lake. After driving this route for the day drive, we changed our mind. |
View of the southern border of Lake Tahoe. This route had a couple very tight curves, and a sign saying RV longer than 30 ft or double axial not advised. |
This was a short section of the drive, Joe and I didn't care for. |
On one side, it dropped straight down with no guard rails. The other side drops off too with no guard rails. |
View of the ferry tour boat, as we cross the narrow road, high in the sky. |
Our first stop was at Inspiration Point Vista. |
From this vista, we get our first views of Emerald Bay. |
Close up view of lake beyond the bay. |
View of Vikingsholm Castle on Emerald Bay shore. |
I switched out to our new zoom lens to get this close up of the castle. |
Lots of boats in the bay to see the castle. |
Looking across the bay, you can see the road in the mountain, that continues around the lake. |
Looking out past the Emerald Bay's peninsula, and the northern peninsula of the bay. |
View of Fannette Island, the only island on Lake Tahoe. |
Tea House on Fannette Island. I will tell you more about the tea house later. |
Southern peninsula of Emerald Bay. |
We left Inspiration Point Vista, and continued north. |
We pass the source of Eagle Falls, and Eagle Falls, because Joe didn't see the pullouts. We will catch the falls another day. |
As we drive around Emerald Bay, I snapped a picture of the entire bay. |
Next stop: parking lot to Vickingsholm Castle. |
We headed back home, and drove back across the high in the sky road bridge. |
This is another scary part of the drive, when going up. Going down, you are on the inside, so it if fine. |
The curve coming up is one of the tricky spots on the west route of the lake for longer RV's. |
A 10 mile curve ahead. |
We go past the Aspen Tree grove again, |
and make a stop at Baldwin Beach. |
It cost $10 per car to enter into the beach, but we asked if we could just drive through. The ranger gave us 10 minutes to get back. Looking north on Baldwin Beach. |
Looking south on Baldwin Beach. |
View as we were leaving Baldwin Beach Park. |
thanks for sharing as we will be in the Lake Tahoe area in about a week or so...
ReplyDeleteIt is just gorgeous! One of my most favorite places to date.
Delete