Yes we are back at Spooner Lake, Lake Tahoe Nevada State Parks area…. We prematurely left our last hosting job due to it not working out for us. It did not meet our expectations. The host that was supposed to take over our position at Spooner Lake backed out and left it open for Jodi and I to return for the rest of the summer.. Things do work out for a reason. It was meant to be for us to be back at Lake Tahoe area.. We will be hosting in the area for another two and a half months, till the end of October. So much fun being here……
We stopped in Sacramento, CA for a few days before getting to Knight’s Ferry and checked out the train station where part of old Sacramento is located and where the Transcontinental Railroad started. The first Transcontinental Railroad” was joined on May 10, 1869, with the ceremonial driving of the “Last Spike” at Promontory Summit, Utah, after track was laid over a 1,756 mile gap between Sacramento and Omaha, Nebraska/Council Bluffs, Iowa in six years by the Union Pacific Railroad and Central Pacific Railroad. We took some pictures.
Union Pacific Caboose 
Built in 1913, one of the Largest Steam locamotives 
Central Pacific Railroad Station in the Old Sacramento, CA 
Number 12 Baldwin Locomotive 1876
Part of the Old Sacramento when it was in the 1800’s… Saloons, Hardware and other stores owned by part of the Big 4 that made the Railroads possible. Leland Stanford, Collis P. Huntington, Mark Hopkins and Charles Crocker–had to wait a few years for the pay-off on their seed money for Central Pacific. When the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, the four investors laughed all the way to the bank. Collis P. Huntington and Mark Hopkins formed a partnership and opened a hardware store shown below….
The Recreation area that we were at was very beautiful and had lots of history. Below I posted some pictures of the park and its surrounding beauty. This is the Stanislaus river that travels through the park and makes rapids rafting a big attraction in that area. The park has the longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi.. It was built in 1863 and is 330 feet in length. We went through this covered bridge every day to get to work.
Knights Ferry Recreation Area
Knights Ferry 
Knights Ferry 
Knights Ferry 
Knights Ferry 
Knights Ferry 
Knights Ferry 
Knights Ferry 
Knights Ferry 
Knights Ferry
Back at SPOONER LAKE
We really did enjoy being up here at Spooner Lake because it’s beautiful here and cooler, and it’s just flat out FUN being hosts here. Great Rangers and Staff at Lake Tahoe Nevada State Parks. If you have a bucket list, this has to be one of them to visit…
We started working again about a week ago here at Spooner Lake and Lake Tahoe area, the many hiking trails all over the Tahoe area that we help take care of and manage. They call it the Back Country. We have a few primitive campgrounds that we take care of and two lakes that we help manage. This place is so beautiful. We had a chance to check out some more of this back country that Spooner Lake has to offer. I recently took some more pictures of this beautiful place. The pictures posted here are some of Marlette Lake with Lake Tahoe behind it… These photos I took were at 8,850 feet elevation. We felt like we were on top of the world..
Back Country /Snow Valley Peak 
Back Country /Snow Valley Peak 
Back Country /Snow Valley Peak 
Back Country /Snow Valley Peak 
Back Country /Snow Valley Peak 
Back Country /Snow Valley Peak 
Back Country /Snow Valley Peak
Here are a few more pictures of part of the Back Country looking north and South part of Lake Tahoe, called the Monkey Rock..
From Tunnel Creek Trail Head. 
From Tunnel Creek Trail Head. 
From Tunnel Creek Trail Head. 
From Tunnel Creek Trail Head. 
From Tunnel Creek Trail Head. 
From Tunnel Creek Trail Head. 
From Tunnel Creek Trail Head. 
From Tunnel Creek Trail Head. 
From Tunnel Creek Trail Head. 
From Tunnel Creek Trail Head.
This is the Monkey Rock, Yes it looks just like a Monkey Face…
We are trying to set up our next hosting job for the winter, we pulled out of the one we had set up for Fresno, CA because it did not sound like it was going to be very safe and not too fun for us, so we are now in the process of looking for another winter job somewhere around south Nevada or Arizona. FLASH FLASH… We may have just lined up a hosting job at a place outside of Yuma Arizona. Check it out!! The place is called Castle Dome Mining Museum. Click on this link………http://www.castledomemuseum.org . Fingers crossed on getting the position. It sounded promising and sounds like fun. You will see by checking out the site… We are so excited about the possibility taking this on for the winter…. November to April of 2020…. We are also looking forward to doing our summer in Washington State… Will let you know where when we know… So much fun and adventures awaiting us for the next year……
Stay tuned and find out more info on where we will be spending our Winter…
The Bobble Head Travelers, Mark and Jodi
