This morning we left Carson City, the capital of Nevada, for Lake Tahoe. Lake Tahoe is North Americas largest alpine lake and is known for its water clarity and stunning mountain scenery.The route around the lake is a National Scenic Byway and is called “the most beautiful drive in America. This route around the lake is in Nevada and California. You recognize the difference because the moment you cross into Nevada there are casinos! 
The Mount Rose Highway crests at 10,776 feet and I am glad we were in the Jeep and the motorhome was back in Carson City! The routes are lined with tall, straight trunk, reddish barked Ponderosa Pines. 

We explored Heavenly and Squaw Valley ski resorts and were sad to find that the gondolas were not running today. It would have been quite a view at the top of the mountains.

Incline Village was getting ready for an Iron Man competition tomorrow, so we had to drive very slow in that area.  We walked on the beach and had lunch at Camp Richardson  Rum Runners on the lake. We stopped at Emerald Bay to look down at the only island on Lake Tahoe and all the beauty of the lake. The island has the remnants of a church that was built by the discoverer of Lake Tahoe, Captain Dick Barter. It was his wish to be buried under the church, but he was killed while in his boat during a storm on Lake Tahoe and his body was never found.