The Beauty of the Lake – July 24, 2018

This morning we headed to the Transit Center to get a pick up from Tahoe Cruises and be taken to the Safari Rose, a yacht once owned by the 3M Company for executive use.  This ship was once a luxurious  retreat and is still a beauty with 4 bedrooms and 4 baths, a galley, top sun deck, and living area complete with fireplace.  Check it out!

Dinning room

Living area with outside deck to the rear

Bow of the yacht looking at Mt Tallac

Master bedroom on yacht

While on the cruise, the captain narrated the trip and told us lots of interesting things about the lake.  The average depth of the lake is 995 feet deep with the deepest section being 1,500 feet.  Tahoe is 6,500 feet above sea level and was created from shifting plates and originally 800 feet higher than today.  In fact, the lake evaporates 15,000 gallons of water per hour, which is enough to supply a city of 3,000,000 people.

There is a portion of the lake called Emerald Bay because the water looks more green than blue.  In this bay is the only island in the lake called Fannette Island and at the top is an old teas house that has long lost its roof but is visited by lake goers everyday via steps leading to the top.   On the shore near the island is a mansion built as a summer home for its wealthy owner.  She passed away at 88 years old leaving no heirs and $45 million.  The property and house were donated to the State as a State Park and museum.

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Entering Emerald bay 

Tea House on Fannette Island 

Estate of  Lora Knight – Vikingsholm

There were so many things to see on this 3 hour cruise and I’m sure you don’t want to hear about them all so we will let Jim’s pictures tell the story.

Osprey nest at Emerald bay

 Many old wooden boats restored like this one on the Lake

Camp Richardson the original owners of South Lake Tahoe and today is a state park

One of many rock formations along the shoreline

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This is a boarded up lighthouse and at one time was the highest lighthouse in the country

Waters are so deep the yacht was able to go right up to the cliffs along the lake, people actually touch the rocks

After we got back to our hotel, we decided we had had enough outdoors for awhile and we went to see the sequel movie Momma Mia.  What fun!  Hard to believe, the sequel was as good as the first.

We had dinner in the complex

Desert after dinner Kalani Hula pie (no calories)