An Explorer in the Further Reaches of Experience: Trip to North Lake Tahoe

On Friday 23 July 2010, my friend Jack and I went traveling to see the north side of nearby Lake Tahoe. We left early on Friday, driving up Highway 80 in the Northeast direction. After about 1-1/2 hour we, reached Donner Memorial State Park, which is located right at Donner Lake where the tragic Donner Party once stayed for the winter of 1846-47. At the park we stopped by the Emigrant Trail Museum to view the artifacts and history of both the Donner Party and pioneer life during that period. We then walked around the very beautiful lake where there were people enjoying the water and campers in the park.

After about 20minutes riding on Highway 80 we arrived at the historic town of Truckee. We stopped by looking at the old town section and had lunch at a local restaurant. What was funny was seeing an old Flying A Service gas station, which had been converted to a clothing shop.
Then we headed south on Highway 267 to Kings Beach at the very northshore of Lake Tahoe. There was a very nice sandy beach with a great view of the lake and mountains to the south.

Next we traveled south on State Route 89 to Emerald Bay which is on the west side of Lake Tahoe. We stopped by the Emerald Bay State Park at the entrance to the Vikingsholm, which we had see previously. After taking in the view of the view of the Bay, we noticed a falls not to far away. A decided to walk over there and take a look.

This was Eagle Falls, where the water was running rapidly on a rock cliff side. There were several people and family hanging out at the top of the falls admiring the spectacular view of the Bay. We took some pictures but was kind of concerned about the sheer drop from the cliff but still manage to take some photos from there.

That marked the end to our trip to the north end of Lake Tahoe. We saw Donner Lake, Donner Pass Museum, the historic town of Truckee, Emerald Bay and Eagles falls. Instead of heading back the way we came, we traveled on U.S. Route 50 back to Folsom ending a very successful trip.

Pictures can be seen in the public location below
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