Lake Cruise

This morning the sky was bright, clear and blue, so we are heading out to a cruise across Lake Tahoe.  There are a couple of different cruises on the lake and we chose to do the paddlewheel boat named the MS Dixie II.

As we begin our trip aboard the boat and leave Zephyr Cove this is the view the houses around the cove have.  You can also rent boats and water scooters.

Carmen as we are crossing the lake.  It is such a gorgeous day.  You can see Heavenly ski area just over Carmen's shoulder.

This is our destination.  Just below the "U" between the mountains is Emerald Cove.  We drove by this area when we were on the Lake Drive.  We'll see more of this when we get closer.

I couldn't get over how blue the water was, so I had to take a picture of it.  So here is my picture of water.

Here is the entrance to Emerald Cove.  A boat is just entering the channel which you can see by looking straight down from the mountain peak.  You can also see the road on the mountain in the back by the horizontal slash.  Clearly visible is the avalanche area from years ago.  Back when the avalanche happened, the clean up took over a year.

As we circled Emerald Cove, from near the shore at the opposite end from the entrance, I was able to get a picture of the island and the cove.  Just behind us when I took this picture is an old castle called "Vikingsholm".  It is now part of the State of California Park System.

On the island was a Tea House when Vikingsholm was in use.  They would take a boat to the island and follow a path up to the building.

Heading back to the cove where we started.  You can see the tunnels that are at Cave Rock. 

Back at the cove where we started, I am able to get a picture of Carmen in front of the name plate. 

After returning to the room, while we were packing to leave the next day, I was finally able to get a decent picture of the Steller's jay that has been flying around.