Hello everyone!! Hope all are trying to have a nice summer. We are finally enjoying ours up here near Lake Tahoe. Now we only have about 7 more days left and we head to our next host spot in California. Knights Ferry, it’s an Army Corp of Engineer day use park. We have been having a great time up here at Spooner Lake, Tahoe Nevada State Park. We have done a lot of good things for this park to get ready for the many hikers to hike the 2.8 miles around Spooner Lake, and this is also a trail head for the many other trails that overlook Lake Tahoe, The famous Marlette Lake flume trail, plus the 165 mile Tahoe Rim Trail that goes all around Lake Tahoe.
View of Spooner Lake Spooner Lake Park Spooner Lake Park Spooner Lake Park Spooner Lake Park
This is some of the work we have done in the park.. Our main concern in this park is to maintain and clear the hiking and biking trails. Plus we are to clean and maintain 3 primitive campgrounds up the trails along with 2 nice log cabin rentals.
Jodi working Hard One of many trails I cleaned Trimming tree branches over trails Tree that I cut by hand over a hiking trail A memorial bench we put on Spooner Lake Trail A memorial bench completed Memorial Bench completed Exit sign going to be removed off of tree to a post Exit sign moved from tree to post This is our Map of the Trails that go from Spooner Lake all the way up the whole east side of Lake Tahoe
This is a trail map of all the trails that we are to maintain and clean up. Spooner lake is at the bottom of the Map.. All up and down these trails is where you can get the best views of Lake Tahoe. That is where some of the pictures you see of mine of the Flume Trail and Marlette Lake..
Jodi and I have done some awesome site seeing while we have been here, and I want to highlight some of the sites we have seen and done.
We went down to Carson City and have seen a few places. We stopped at the train museum and have seen some of the old trains that were involved in the connection of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad making it a completed Transcontinental Railroad back in 1869… We went on a nice train ride in one of the old trains that was built back in the late 1800s.. While on our trip we saw some wild horses, deer and lots of history. We went by some old mines getting to Virginia City.
Train heading from Carson City to Virginia City View from train Mountain View from train Jodi sitting on a cool bench/steel rail car wheels Town of Virginia City/old church and saloon The Virginia & Trukee # 29 Steam Engine we road on Ponderosa Bar we stopped at Wild horsed on our ride to Virginia City Jodi and I going back into time / the old west Such a old mean machine of the past / 1916 Baldwin 2-8-0 #29 Locomotive
We recently drove all the way around Lake Tahoe; A driving tour with our own truck and drove clock wise. We got to a few scenic areas and most were so packed, we couldn’t even stop. We did our best and did see some nice spots.
View from the Emerald Bay lookout /Southwest end of Lake Tahoe View from Emerald Bay View of Emerald Bay View from West side to east side of Lake Tahoe Stopped at Taylor Creek on south side of Tahoe Lake View of Steam boat on emerald Bay Island on emerald bay
All around our park we have lots of wild flowers popping up. The snow finally has gone and the flowers are blooming. We have some squirrels that look like chipmunks and they love our bird feeder.
Bird on our bird feeder Indian paint Brush flowers and Mule ear flowers Flowers in Tahoe City / Russell Lupine flowers Golden Chain Tree, yellow flowers Golden mantled ground Squirrel Snow Plant (Sarcodes) Three kinds of Flowers, Mule-ear yellow flowers, Lupine, and Indian Paint brush orange flowers
We had a chance to go up one of the trails that they call the Marlette Flume Trail. It is famous for mountain bikes to go and see the views of Lake Tahoe. It is a very scary cliff trail; make one mistake you’re dead kind of trail… we checked it out… Got some real beautiful pictures of that trail and Marlette lake. Marlette Lake is 7,823 Feet in elevation.. Still snow up here in June/July….
Many Rock and flowers on Marlette Lake View from the Marlette Flume trail / 7,000-8,100 Elv View from the Marlette Flume Trail Marlette Lake Marlette Lake Lake Tahoe from Flume trail Biker on the Flume Trail (picure by Nick Wilder) High above Marlette Lake, and Lake Tahoe in the back Marlette overlook
Well in a few weeks we will be on our way to a new hosting position in California. Heading to another new place and another adventure. We have not even scratched the surface of all the amazing places to see in the beautiful country of ours..
Going to leave you with some more of my pictures of this awesome place they call Lake Tahoe….
View from Logan Shoals Vista Point east side Sunset from Logans shoals Vista Point Sunset from Logans shoals Vista Point Sunset from Logans shoals Vista Point Beautiful green and blue clear water at Sand Harbor Beach
Stay tuned and when we arrive in California and settled in to our new location. I will add some good information to our blog….
Enjoy your summer and Happy 4th of July, be safe and get ready for some interesting weather for the rest of the year.
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The Bobble Head Travelers, Mark and Jodi
Jim Sheridan July 2, 2019
Great Photos, Thanks
admin July 2, 2019
Thank you Jim, hope you enjoy seeing Lake Tahoe through our pictures… Enjoy taking pictures and letting others experience what we see and do all over. Where are you two now? Are you going to be in the area anytime in the next year? Safe RVing to you and hope your enjoying the summer.. Happy 4th too.
Mark and Jodi…..
Rebecca King July 2, 2019
Mark and Jodi i thoroughly enjoyed your adventures of Tahoe !
What a wonderful way to spend your retirement and to enjoy our amazing Country !
Stay out of harm’s way and I can see that y’all are absolutely loving life in a wonderful way !
Love you both !
Aunt Rebecca ( Becki ) ️
admin July 2, 2019
Thank you Becki, We are really enjoying our retirement and yes taking advantage of the time we have in this fine country to see as much of it as we can and experience as much as we can before we cant.. We will be doing this for many years to come… California here we come… Mark and Jodi