Lake Tahoe Weekend

From my blog posts today it will sound like Keith and I have just been relaxing and taking it easy for the past few weeks - but the truth couldn't be further. Keith just finished a very heavy load of final exams and papers and I had a miserably stressful few weeks at work. Neither of us had had any sleep and our blood pressure felt dangerously high, so we were releaved when some friends of ours invited us to go to Lake Tahoe with them for the weekend. We drove up to Tahoe when I got home from work on Thursday and we spent all of Friday and Saturday at the lake. I've never been happier. I feel like this trip saved my sanity. We stayed at one of the most beautiful places on earth. Here are a few of my favorite photos from our trip:

Friday morning we went hiking up a ski trail to get a view of the lake. Isn't this beautiful? It was breathtaking in person. The lake is so blue and clear.

Here is Keith, Ming and Stephen relaxing at the empty ski resort at the top of our hike. It was a wonderful place to sit and talk and enjoy the beautiful setting. We stayed so long that I got a sunburn. I didn't mind at all! :)

Keith and I overlooking the lake.

On Friday Keith and I went down to explore the lake. The water was unbelievably clear and beautiful!
Friday afternoon we drove to the other side of the lake to hike down to Vikingsholm. (For more info on this fantastic places, check out: www.vikingsholm.com.) This is the view of the lake from the top (beginning) of the hike.
This is the view of the waterfall from the top of the hike.


This is Vikingholm. It's a scandinavian estate built in the traditional style with the main house in the center and longhouses on either side with sod roofs. We hiked down over a mile to get here.
From Vikingsholm we hiked over to the base of Eagle Falls. It was beautiful and the mist felt really nice. It was over 80 degrees outside that day and I was sorry that I wore a black t-shirt!
Here is Keith and I at the base of Eagle Falls. We had an amazing weekend in Tahoe. I am so glad that we went.

Baseball Saturday

A friend from church gave Keith and I tickets to an Oakland Athletics baseball game. It was fantastic to spend the day together in the sunshine and enjoy some baseball. We had fun celebrating Keith finishing finals.

We had great seats! This picture was taken without zoom. We were 5 rows back between home and first base. One of the payers broke a bat swinging for the fences and I flinched because we felt close enough to get hit by the other half.

I wasn't aware that a mountain man was sitting behind us until I looked at this picture that night. Probably for the best. :) We had a great time even though the As lost.