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Hiking Tahoe :: Horsetail Falls

Tiara — Mon, 11 May 2009 05:34:00 +0000

Today was another spectacular day in Tahoe, with the high set to hit 70 degrees Nick and I set out in seek of yet another waterfall, Horsetail Falls . Horsetail Falls can be seen from highway 50 coming or going from Tahoe to Sacramento. Obviously, Spring is the best time for the hike as the snow begins to melt spilling from cliffs that form a narrowing valley, down huge granite slabs, from the clear pools of Pyramid Creek, which flows toward and away from the trail. A good portion of the hike is by trail, but once you hit a certain point it’s a rock scramble to the top.

Nick Right before we were about to enter desolation wilderness.

Just one of the small falls off of Horsetail.

It’s right pass the trailhead

Horsetail Falls – This is what you would see from Hwy 50.

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The Waterfalls of Portland

Tiara — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:03:00 +0000

OK – Actually just outside of Portland there are various waterfalls. Ones you can drive to, ones you can walk to, and well some you just have to hike to. Multnomah Falls is one of the most well known falls around Portland located in the Columbia River Gorge (30-35 minute drive). It’s beautiful but can be crowded on the weekends, especially if it’s nice out. Other great options for hiking and waterfall-seeing nearby are Bridal Veil Falls, Wahkeena Falls, Triple Falls, Horsetail Falls, Latourell Falls, Punchbowl Falls, Eagle Crest, and the list goes on and on.

Sue and I decided to a little hiking on Saturday before the Wedding and in the mission to find Multnomah Falls (at least the parking for it) we ended up also seeing Horsetail Falls. Once we parked we snapped a few shots at the base and started trekking up the trail to the top of the falls (it was actually paved all the way up).

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Rafting Down the Truckee River

Tiara — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:24:00 +0000

Although the summer is coming to a head we’re not letting it slow us down. Today we assembled the troops and floated down the Upper Truckee River. Tabby even joined us, and boy she was a big hit among all the other floaters. Throughout the day each one of us managed to go overboard either by sheer luck of falling off or by the evil doings of another floater and being pushed off the raft. It was just another great Sunday Fun-day.

Jes and Claire Sun bathing on the Raft

“The Happy Tourist” and Jay

Nick and I with Tabby

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Wood Wind Sunset Cruise

Tiara — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:09:00 +0000

A few of us from Camp Rich got together the other night for a Sunset Cruise on the Woodwind. Here are a few photos.

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Oh Captain, My Captain

Tiara — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:21:00 +0000

Yesterday Nick and I left our camelbacks at home and instead of hiking another peak in Tahoe we went sailing. Little did we know what we were in for. Like any other boating adventure mass amounts of beer and snacks must be involved so like the good friends we are we showed up ready to set sail with two 12 packs and loads of munchies. The winds were stronger in the morning, but had died down by the time we launched, or so we thought. At first it had seemed as though we had lost all wind, but finally a few gusts came our way and we set sail. The course of action was from Cave Rock (in Nevada) to Camp Richardson (in California) just a 3-hour tour. Needless to say that was not the case. The winds picked up and we were surrounded by white caps… the little 20 foot Sailboat took a beating. About 9 hours, 20 beers, two broken bottles, and a wet cheese ball we arrived at Camp Rich. We docked the boat with ease, pulled down the sails and called it a night. Luckily I didn’t lose my lunch on our little trip across the lake… next time I’ll remember the drugs. It was another good day on the lake…and I even got to steer!

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Mammoth :: Devil’s Postpile, Beer Festival and Mono Lake

Tiara — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 06:58:00 +0000

This year instead of running around chi-town for Lollapalooza I packed up the car with Nick and headed south for the weekend. Yes, to another mountain town… Mammoth. It was the 12th annual Mammoth Beer Festival and Bluesapalooza. What more could you ask for than Babes, Brews, and Blues. The weekend didn’t just consist of drinking. We took a hike out to Devils Postpile (a national monument) and Rainbow Falls. Now this hike was nothing compared to Tallac or MT. Rose which both took several hours to summit. On the drive home we took a detour to Mono Lake and checked out South Tufa. We had to geek out a little bit.

Babes, Brews, & Blues…..

Only one beer in…

The Crew

Just the Girls…

Crowd Shot

Time for another Beer???

On the hunt…

Keep them coming

Devil’s Postpile a Geologic wonder (National Monument)

Rainbow Falls is only another 2.5 hike from Devil’s Postpile and is 101 feet high.

The crew at Rainbow Falls

Mono Lake – Mono Lake is an ancient lake, over 1 million years old — one of the oldest lakes in North America. Throughout its long existence, salts and minerals have washed into the lake from Eastern Sierra streams. Freshwater evaporating from the lake each year has left the salts and minerals behind so that the lake is now about 2 1/2 times as salty and 80 times as alkaline as the ocean. The Tufa’s where naturally created over time.

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Wakeboarding on Lake Tahoe

Tiara — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:41:00 +0000

Wakeboarding in Tahoe is another must do when living here. It’s just another typical Sunday Fun-day in Tahoe.

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Gone Fishing on Lake Tahoe

Tiara — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 07:23:00 +0000

You can’t live in Lake Tahoe without going fishing at least once! Well it only took us half of the summer before we took a trip with Captain Mike. Jes had the first bite and well we would have a picture of her fish, but before she knew it the fish jumped from her hands back into the lake and swam away. My fish weighed about 4 pounds while Nick had the big catch of the night with his fish weighing in at 8 pounds. We grilled them up the next night and they were mighty tasty.

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Summer Days of Tahoe…

Tiara — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:35:00 +0000

I love the winter, but summer is by far my favorite season of the year. So it turns out that Tahoe is just as fun during the Summer as it is during the winter, but there’s a lot more to do when it’s 75 and sunny everyday. Let’s see so far I’ve gone on numerous hikes, seen beautiful sunsets, Fished, went parasailing, jet skiing, Wakeboarding, Kayaking, and oh yes geeked out at some of the historical sites around South lake. And yes, I ride my bike EVERYWHERE “we don’t drive cars here, we ride bikes.”

CAVE ROCK

CASTLE ROCK

MT. ROSE HIKE

TALLAC HIKE

Since we don’t have internet I’m at a coffee shop…..and it’s closing so more pictures will come soon!!!!

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