Lake Tahoe Maritime Museum Preserves Tahoe History

Lake Tahoe Maritime Museum, Homewood, California Everything seems to change with time. Generations pass and new ones come along with fresh ideas and new visions for the future. Technology advances and expectations change and the end result is movement forward and progress. The rich history of Lake Tahoe is certainly a testament to such change […]

North Lake Tahoe Bowling at Bowl Incline

Bowl Incline, Incline Village, Nevada Occasionally during a ski vacation you just need a break from the cold outdoors and a break from those cramping ski boots. A fantastic option, that usually isn’t the first to come to mind, is to head to the bowling alley for some lively indoor entertainment. An afternoon at the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]