Category: States

Monkey Rock

Incline Village NV

One of the unusual sites at Lake Tahoe is Monkey Rock. The trail to reach Monkey Rock is about 1-1/2 mile long. and for most of the trail is very steep uphill. At one point you can choose the left path which is very steep, or the right path which is longer but an easier slope. I took the left, steep path. At points I had to crawl because it was too steep to walk.
Almost there!
At the top. I turn around, and see this…
Monkey Rock.
Monkey Rock looking over Lake Tahoe.
Looking south at Lake Tahoe.

Zephyr Cove Lake Tahoe Cruise

We took a lake cruise from Zephyr Cove on the MC Dixie II.
The blue water is so clean and clear that if you drop a white plate into the water, you would be able to see the plate at a depth of 75 feet.
The little dot near the top of the dead looking tree is a bald eagle.
View of historic Vikingsholm mansion from the boat at the edge of Emerald Bay.
Fannette Island Tea House
Fannette Island in Emerald Bay
Heading out of Emerald Bay
The tunnel is called Cave Rock. Lincoln Highway cuts through the rock/tunnel.
Sky divers over Lake Tahoe.
Fun on Lake Tahoe.
Zephyr Cove

South Lake Tahoe CA/NV

Emerald Bay
Fannette Island in Emerald Bay
Pine tree
California-Nevada state line
Pony Express monument. The first Pony Express rider passed here April 4, 1860 on his way to Friday’s Station, a remount point 4/10 of a mile northeast at Edgewood, Nevada.
Lake Tahoe

Fredericksburg CA

Adding California to my list of “Fredericksburgs I have visited”. This is the 5th after Virginia, Texas, Ohio and Indiana.

Fredericksburg California started in 1864 when German settler Frederick Bruns began farming in the area. The farm became a stopover for travelers heading towards California and supplied milk and apples to mining towns. The community had a school and a post office in the late 1800s to the early 1900s. Most of the older buildings were destroyed by fire in 1986. It remains a small agricultural hamlet.

Fredericksburg Ditch (not a river)
Milk House
Gansberg Seperator House
Ranch in Fredericksburg
Bruns Home 1850s
Livery Stable 1850s
Ramp.
View of Fredericksburg Canyon looking westward
Fredericksburg Cemetery
Mountains to the west of Fredericksburg.
(L-R): Freel Peak (10,886 ft), Jobs Sister (10,823 ft), Jobs Peak (10,638 ft)