10 year anniversary

My husband and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary back at the scene of the crime, South Lake Tahoe in July. Our actual anniversary was in June, but I was off traipsing around Europe with our oldest daughter and Brandon was stuck home working and caring for our son. Sucked to be him.

So in July, I owed him a real vacation. Thanks to my mom and dad, who kept the kids, we ventured off to Tahoe for 4 days and 3 nights. We stayed at the Let me just tell you I love the Embassy Suites. I love all the ones I have stayed in, but especially the Tahoe one. It is next door to the major casinos, but offers a hot cooked to order breakfast and a 2 hour happy hour, which we utilized nightly.

Brandon and I reflected while we were there on how much Tahoe has changed since we wed. Back then, I bought my wedding dress off the rack at Clothestime, a store I don't even know exists anymore. Tahoe back in 98 had an old outlet shopping center, a Kmart and a Millers Outpost as its major shopping choices. Restaurant choices were mainly in the casinos. Fast forward to 2008 and there are the Shops at Heavenly, dining choices out the wazoo and a more upscale vibe.

The next morning we had to wake up before the crack of dawn and went sport fishing. While we didn't catch any fish, it was a wonderful morning on the lake. Tahoe is just gorgeous, bright blue lake, green trees, the weather was as good as I could have asked for. The crazy boat we spent the morning sport fishing on. Our captains were so much fun. I definitely recommend Tahoe Sportfishing http://www.tahoesportfishing.com/. Here is a picture from our boat.

Another fun excursion was the paddle boat 3 hour lake cruise. The captain told funny stories, they cruised us about the lake to Emerald Bay, we saw osprey in the nest with babies and met many fun and friendly people.

The gondola ride was fun, especially for my husband who enjoyed my fear of heights as we made our way up the mountain. We had a private gondola which took us from about 6000 ft elevation to over 9000 ft elevation up the side of a mountain. There are two places to get off, one is a viewing area with a little snack food place, the top is the ski area with full bar and a zip line that dh wasdying to try. Book ahead if you want to try the zip line, they are booked ahead! Here is a vie of the gondola lift from the lake, See that skinny line going up the side of the mountain? It continues up past the mountain and up another mountain. I survived and partially overcame my fear of heights. Partially.