Lake Tahoe and the Girls

I had a great time at Lake Tahoe with my new friends.  We spent quite a bit of time at the market at SOAR and had breakfast a few times at the Dam Cafe and took a walk out to the lake.

Great breakfast burritos to be had.

Robin and Jude molesting the Raggedy Ann Doll.

Waiting for our food and a table to free up.

I also used Jude's electric drum carder to blend some ancient dyed merino and silk from the way back.  It turned out so nice, Jude requested the batts.

Sam got cozy with her new Hansencrafts mSpinner in Tigerwood.

Halloween cupcakes for snacks.  I had the eyeball one.

A walk on the lake front and the pier.  We even saw a coyote stalk some geese.

Me in front of the condo entrance.

The pier.

Standing on the pier looking down into the water and spotted a golf ball.

Coyote alert.

I thought this was a sculpture of a dinosaur - the friendly kind.

 Bison and Elk burgers our last night there.

 Squaw Valley resort on the way to the airport.

This was taken of the lake airborne on the way home.

Lake Tahoe

I was fortunate enough to go to Lake Tahoe to attend SOAR 2012.  I was only taking the thursday workshop with Michael Cook (aka wormspit) to learn all about reeling silk.

I arrived a few days earlier as my partner in crime, Jude, arranged for us to stay at a condo down the hill from the resort where SOAR was being held which save significant funds - more to spend on shopping (discussed at a later time).

The hostess was Tami and her cousin Robin with another friend Sam all whom Jude met at the Texas retreat she goes to.

When I landed at the Reno airport, it was clear and cold.  On the shuttle bus I hopped with a few other people and off we headed to the Lake.  As we neared the Lake, I could see snow on the ground that had been plowed for the road but it was pretty dark at 9:00 pm.

I was kindly dropped off at the condo entrance and walked to meet up with "strangers" as Jude postponed her trip up due to weather conditions.

I chatted a bit and we all went to bed and the next morning all the girls left early for classes and I stayed in the condo relaxing, watching TV, and knitting.

Here is the view from the inside looking out on the balcony.

I put my in progress socks outside at a break in the weather.

But it snowed all day and at times, the snow was coming down sideways.  I did head out for some foraging of food and when I came back, I looked like a snow-woman.