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| Taken from upstairs in Lake Tahoe Cabin |
At the end of the first week we were invited by our hosts, Bob & Alice, to join their family at their friends, Pete and Amy’s cabin on West Lake Tahoe. We drove up Saturday lunchtime and took a scenic drive to the cabin where we all gathered for dinner. Thanks to a great design the cabin coped with 12 of us and we shared a lovely meal that night.
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| Jean & Anthony At Lake Tahoe |
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| Hiking Around Lake Tahoe |
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| Sign At Entrance To Folsom Prison |
On Sunday we did a hike from D.L.Bliss to Vikingsholm which was approximately 8 km along the edge of the lake. Absolutely stunning scenery although apparently the lake is really low due to a warm Winter and less run off from the snow
Besides the house and garden maintenance which continued in week two, we also got to do wine tasting in the area twice, socialise with other friends of Bob and Alice, see their gallery of sculptures and awards, pop in to Folsom Prison (made 'famous' by Johnny Cash) and become Golden State Warriors supporters as we joined Bob in watching the NBA basketball finals. Thankfully the Warriors won as we were concerned for Bob’s health in a couple of the games that came very close. Anthony also got to try paddle-boarding for the first time at a nearby lake which he really enjoyed.
After just over 2 weeks, we said fond farewells to the Bennett family and Alice dropped us at the Greyhound in Sacramento to catch a bus to San Francisco. We are now with Helen and David Van Diggelen and their kids, Lara and Alex, in San Ramon just outside of San Francisco. Jean and Helen worked together back in the early 1990’s in Johannesburg at the Roads Department. We have spent a few days just catching up on our respective lives and today we attended Lara’s ballet dress rehearsal. The whole family is off on a European holiday (Italy and Greece) flying out on Sunday and we will be housesitting for them for the 4 weeks they are away. It will be the first time we will be on our own in 6 weeks and will give us the chance to talk through everything we've experienced and what that might mean once we return from Roatan in October.
Two interesting things we were introduced to last week:
1. SOS (“Shit On A Shingle”) is WWII troop slang for chipped beef on toast, frequent fare in mess halls. It is a kind of white gravy with bits of mince in it served on toasted bread or, in our case, biscuits (like savoury scones). It sounds terrible but it was really yummy.
2. After a big party night, Bob got out a Corona and mixed it with spicy tomato juice. I looked this up on the internet and it is called a Michelada (pronounced mee-che-LAH-dah) and is a Mexican cocktail. Anthony liked this one but I was not a huge fan.
Other Note:
Don't forget to check out the “Where Are We” tab on this blog to see more about our trip – where we have been and where we are planning to go.
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