Packed in SUVs like sardines, they imagine sliding and skiing and all the fun they bring chasing runs when the lifts open.
Yup, Gold Hill. And, then finally Virginia City, brief home of Samuel Clemens where he became Mark Twain.
Part One: Tahoe
An excerpt from Book Five in “The Knowledge Path Series” dedicated to helping you find the place of your dreams in the Sierra Mountain resorts.
What if your designer spouse, roommate or mother felt the Washoe clock was so valuable that it proudly sat on your contemporary living room wall, but in a square designer frame?
If you took your marker and drew a line from the center of the lake to the upper left-hand corner at the top of the frame through the clock – lake’s “9” and “10” you’d find Tahoe City on the lake’s border.
And, Olympic Valley (Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows resorts) Northstar Resort and Truckee.
Most of the tourists originating in Silicon Valley and Sacramento take I-80 northeast to Truckee for quick access.
Packed in SUVs like sardines, they imagine sliding and skiing and all the fun they bring chasing runs when the lifts open.
They connect to Northstar and the lake by taking SR 267 from Truckee and on to Olympic Valley over CA 89.
Actually, if they craved fresh powder at Kirkwood, or at Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort they’d opt for the southern route choosing US 50 leaving Sacramento.
Many choose that route to take them into South Lake Tahoe at the “6” on our Washoe clock.
You can too.
Check first with Siri.
No law against it.
But, after a stop at Sierra-at-Tahoe, and continuing on, you eventually connect with the 89.
The road.
Not on your loved one’s square-bordered contemporary clock face.
Following Lake Tahoe’s western border travel south, between the “9” and the “6,” you’ll come to the intersection where the US 50 and CA 89 meet.
Which is a good thing, trust me.
The 50 north takes you to the southern corner of the lake where Stateline (Nevada) and South Lake Tahoe (California) border each other again at “5” on the clock.
There you’ll find the gondola taking you to Heavenly Mountain Resort just on the California side of the border.
Slowly glide up the mountain top to where you can snowboard and ski all the runs that crisscross back and forth across the state lines.
Then 50 connects the south lake with the north lake following the eastern Nevada shore until “3” on the ticking clock face, near Glenbrook.
It picks up Route 28 to complete the circle once you pass Lake Tahoe State Park and pull into Incline Village.
But, forget all that.
The part about traveling north.
When US 50 connects to the Luther Pass Road (CA 89) (formerly known as Emerald Bay Road and West Lake Boulevard) somewhere between Echo Lake and Meyers, you travel south for a while until near Sorensen you exit onto Carson Pass Highway (88).
From there it’s a long hop and a skip past Caples Lake until you find Kirkwood Meadows Dr. and Kirkwood Mountain Resort, duh.
Oh, and while we’ve mentioned Glenbrook, the 50 these days takes you east where you can connect with US 395.
You go north on the merged US 50 and US 395 until just south of Carson City, NV.
Then the 50 continues east, now called Lincoln Highway, until just beyond Mound House.
Drive to Route 341 and take it north from the 50 intersection.
Continue until the Route 341 forks and take Route 342 just south of Silver City.
Guess what’s up next?
Yup, Gold Hill.
And, then finally Virginia City, brief home of Samuel Clemens where he became Mark Twain.
And, if you are still playing along with us, Virginia City sits almost directly east of Truckee.
In the upper right hand corner of your spouse’s, roommate’s or mother’s framed Washoe-manufactured leaf-shaped tick tock clock.
Enough about that for now.
During the summer of 2015, you’ll recall we noticed an emerging trend first in Durango and then in the Summit County, Colorado, ski and snowboard resort towns.
The local real estate markets began heating up.
Before we continue our story about Lake Tahoe (and later Mammoth Lakes, California) let’s visit the pros and cons of investing in real estate.
Especially in light of the equity locked up in Baby Boomer households given some of the reverse mortgage scenarios and calculated risks.
Steps:
(32) Plan extended seasonal vacations during summer and winter months. Group destination locations together in regional trips to explore what several bucket list towns have to offer in the general vicinity – with only a week or two vacation time to spend, we recommend organizing your itinerary by travel regions.