Graeagle, California

The Accidental Tourists
visit Sally and Ned in Northern California

We're on our way to Reno via jetBlue from Long Beach

jetBlue has a major presence at Long Beach Airport

Boarding at Long Beach
The Nose Art says:
Blue Infinity
and Beyond

jetBlue got Elsa's video swapped, left to right. Her neighbor's screen was OK

There's snow in them thar hills.

First Stop near Lake Tahoe
for a beer and a burger

Lake Tahoe drains out here

through these gates which are raised or lowered

to control the water level.

A big sign so you won't miss the little city

Population of 737 doesn't include Sally and Ned

Not too much traffic here

The General Store is celebrating 100 years of service.

Red buildings brought in by train

One-lane Bridge

Plenty of space for a gas station and a used-car lot

The Cabin.
First home in Graeagle, before buying a larger one a mile away.
This will be a short-term rental soon.

Living room in the Cabin

The Kitchen

Guest House behind the cabin

Inside the guest house

Snow remaining on trail to Frazier Falls

Waterfall starts where the stream appears to end

but you need to walk a bit to see it.

Inner-tube rides offered for free

Sally made a delicious lunch

Sucks to be here

Quincy drying off after chasing sticks in the icy water

Back at the Ranch

Our home away from home
Did you notice the air is really fresh?

Hostess Sally and Guest Elsa

A fine breakfast for sure
Coffee, bacon, scrambled eggs and toast

Checking the generator that can power the whole house
It started on the first pull of the starter cable

On the Pickleball Court

Sally in green, with president of the club

Animals Abound

Mooned by a deer in your own front yard

Deer having a bit of lunch

The first bear we saw during the trip

Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter Here - The Brewing Lair

You would be blurry, too, if you drank this much beer

Discussing options for World Peace

Here's One for the Road and One for the Ditch

Relaxing at The Brewing Lair

Watching TV after a hard day being a tourist

Elsa's treat for Ned... Eggs Benedict

Quincy and Claire stand at attention any time food is being prepared

Visitors approaching the house every evening

Elsa hoping to tame a deer to take home

The Luciano family's second home of 17,000 sq feet. Their main home is in Reno

They wouldn't let us in...

Abandoned Gold Mining building

If the termites stop holding hands, it's all over

Abandoned Gold Mining equipment

Fill 'er up with oil and check the gas.
And please put some duct-tape on the little crack in the manifold.

The teepee-inspired Nakoma Lodge clubhouse design was conceived in 1923 by the
enduringly brilliant Frank Lloyd Wright and built in the heart of the Lost Sierra in 2001.
Wright’s exquisite design includes the distinctive façade that houses a towering four-sided
fireplace and the soaring ceiling with stained glass windows and decorative friezes of abstract
Indian motifs. Picture windows on three sides of the octagonal room pull in the grandness
of the Sierra from without to become the world within. The Nakoma Clubhouse effectively distills
the essence of a career that stretched from the late 1880’s to Wright’s death at age 91, in 1959.