January 2013 - Carr Long Real Estate

Skate Skiing from the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe

Skate Skiing Track, Northstar, California One of the coolest benefits of waking up at the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe is your proximity to the sublime Nordic Center of Northstar. I don’t actually wake up in the Ritz-Carlton, but in my office just off the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton hotel, I keep my skate skiing equipment at […]

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Schaffer’s Camp – Dining for the Discerning Skier

Schaffer’s Camp, Mid-mountain at Northstar, California If you’re not a Tahoe Mountain Club member or haven’t had the rewarding opportunity to be a guest at Schaffer’s Camp mid-mountain Restaurant, then you’re missing one of the coolest dining experiences any skier could ask for. At Schaffer’s Camp members and guests ski in, pop off their skis […]

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Take a Trip to Virginia City and Travel Back in Time

Virginia City, Nevada In 1859, Virginia City quickly earned a permanent place in the history books with two amazing discoveries of gold and silver. The Comstock Lode, as the ore came to be referred to, was worth billions of dollars in today’s figures. As you can imagine, this news attracted much attention throughout the country […]

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Truckee’s History at the Emigrant Trail Museum

Emigrant Trail Museum, Donner Memorial State Park, Truckee, California The Tahoe area in general and Truckee in particular is rich with a complex history. It’s a history made up of the experiences of different groups of people who ventured to and through our section of the Sierra for a number of reasons. This includes pioneers […]

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Truckee’s Best Old-Fashioned Toy Store

Truckee Variety Company, Downtown Truckee, California Right in the heart of downtown Truckee along historic row there’s a store that seems to have just about everything for those who are either young in age or at least young at heart. From games, toys and candy to gadgets, gizmos and souvenirs, this store is like heaven […]

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