The Tahoe Ten

The Tahoe Ten: East meets West for four days of fun and frivolity

at beautiful Lake Tahoe

(l. to r.) Debra, Pretty, me, Audrey, Jo Ann, Angie, Chris, Joan, Nekki, Francie

Last week our friends Nekki and Francie placed Pretty and me on another American Airlines jet for our second (remember our first trip was to France) 2023 vacation requiring air travel thanks to their miles generosity – this time flying across the country from South Carolina to the California/Nevada border in Lake Tahoe where we met our old California friends Audrey and Debra we hadn’t seen in more than a dozen years, made new California friends Joan, Angie, Chris and Jo Ann we hoped we didn’t have to wait another twelve years to see again. I have christened us The Tahoe Ten.

sign in kitchen in our lovely rental home – ok, this made me nervous

Joan (packing necessities) arranged this fabulous trip for us!

Francie had a tendency to supervise while Jo Ann remained cheerful, always helpful

Angie admires Debra’s parasol for boating excursion on Lake Tahoe

All Aboard!!

Meanwhile, back on land…

nighttime fun and games included Trivial Pursuit and shooting pool

South Carolina Slo and California Chris big winners for very long game of 8-ball

Pretty and me with Lake Tahoe and Sierra Mountains in background…

on an unforgettable drive to Fallen Leaf Lake

Audrey at Fallen Leaf post office

(before our next stop at Harrah’s later that afternoon)

special thanks to Jo Ann and Chris for poker education!

sadly, Nekki’s luggage made trip to Phoenix instead of Sacramento

(so she was seen wearing Pretty’s night gown)

she and Francie were all smiles when Nekki’s luggage finally arrived

all good things have to come to an end, but as Joan found out at the airport…

Francie the OG Prankster can’t let a trip go by without somthing to remember her for

As my mother used to say, this will be a Memory Maker, and I couldn’t have said it better myself. Thankfully no bears came through the kitchen window in our lovely mountain house, but we couldn’t leave without hugging the one that greeted us as we said farewell to The Tahoe Ten. If laughter was any indication, our trip was also a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10. We loved being with everyone – both old and new friends. East met West with great success!