I
started my trip the day after Christmas, since it takes so long to get from the
small town where I live all the way to the west coast (nearly). Long frustrating
airline scheduling story short, I ended up staying over Thursday night in
Phoenix. That turned out to be cool, because I saw real live palm trees for
the first time! Who knew I would have such a tropical experience on the way
to a snowy place like Lake Tahoe? Yes, I'm silly. But it was new to me!
Friday morning I took the last leg (by air) of my trip into Reno, and met up with my roommates for the weekend. Kim had gotten into Reno the night before, and we hung out in the coffee shop and waited for Karen and Micky. Once we all were there, we got in the car and headed off to Tahoe! At the moment it was bright and sunny and the roads were clear, and we made the trip in about an hour. There were some really gorgeous views of the snowy mountains and the lake on the way.