And on to Lake Tahoe...........

Our plan was to do a round trip through northern California, so our next stop was Lake Tahoe......via Reno to buy an iPad under the mistaken idea that there was no sales tax in Nevada!!  Not so! Its just 1% less than in California but we probably spent that much extra on gas!!
We had booked into a restaurant Christy Hill  for lunch.....  but they called and said they were closing for lunch because there was too much wind! It had very good reviews so we were a little put out! Particularly as we had arranged to meet some friends there!

So instead we ended up in a typical American cafe in Truckee.............

and had a great BLT!!

We also stopped at Virginia City...... where the Wild West theme is a tad over the top!

Then onto our hotel in  South Lake Tahoe.......

Where we had a nice evening view over the lake.......

and a view of a Paddle Steamer from our restaurant, the Riva Grill, terrace

and then a great sunset a little later on..........

The morning view from our balcony wasn't bad either.....

and the view we had later of Emerald Bay was splendid!