{"id":5255,"date":"2017-01-18T16:20:35","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T00:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/?p=5255"},"modified":"2025-11-21T16:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T00:22:10","slug":"exploring-lake-tahoe-and-the-eastern-sierras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/2017\/01\/18\/exploring-lake-tahoe-and-the-eastern-sierras\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Lake Tahoe and the Eastern Sierras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by mk1005<\/em>\u00a0&#8212; Last week I wrote all about my family\u2019s adventures through California Gold Country, the region of the state lying just west of the Sierra Nevada\u2019s. We discovered a beautiful area rich in history but were also eager to discover the Eastern side of the mountain range. Luckily, we did just that as we made our way south to return home.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving the Grass Valley\/Nevada City area we headed east along highway 80 through a mountainous forested area. It was absolutely beautiful and we had to stop at a vista point to take in the view&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>After we cross the Sierras we made our way south to Lake Tahoe stopping for the night in the town of South Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rs-article-img c68203366a370i1707448008 rs-active\"><span id=\"c68203366a370i1707448008\"><\/span><img id=\"ui-32\" class=\"rs-article-img-src\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/la-explorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6028.jpg?resize=1024%2C768\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"\/\/i1.wp.com\/la-explorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6028.jpg?resize=1024%2C768\" data-srcset=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The next morning, after days of complimentary hotel breakfasts, we decided to splurge on a restaurant meal and headed to\u00a0<a>Heidi\u2019s Pancake House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rs-article-img c68203366a370i77765034 rs-active\"><span id=\"c68203366a370i77765034\"><\/span><img id=\"ui-33\" class=\"rs-article-img-src\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/la-explorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6011.jpg?resize=1024%2C768\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"\/\/i2.wp.com\/la-explorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6011.jpg?resize=1024%2C768\" data-srcset=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Open since 1962 it\u2019s a delightfully kitschy homage to the famed Alpine maiden. But don\u2019t think it\u2019s all atmosphere \u2013 the food is actually quite good. We all ordered delicious pancakes and it turned out to be one of the best meals of the trip.<\/p>\n<p>With our fully sated bellies we headed out to explore the lake.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rs-article-img c68203366a370i1816687715 rs-active\"><span id=\"c68203366a370i1816687715\"><\/span><img id=\"ui-34\" class=\"rs-article-img-src\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/la-explorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6013.jpg?resize=1024%2C768\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"\/\/i0.wp.com\/la-explorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6013.jpg?resize=1024%2C768\" data-srcset=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was crisp and cold and incredibly beautiful. As we explored we came across the\u00a0<a>Tallac Historic Site<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a group of historic lakeside cabins belonging to some of the wealthiest families of the early 20th century.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rs-article-img c68203366a370i1411934988 rs-active\"><span id=\"c68203366a370i1411934988\"><\/span><img id=\"ui-35\" class=\"rs-article-img-src\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/la-explorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6022.jpg?resize=1024%2C768\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"\/\/i0.wp.com\/la-explorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6022.jpg?resize=1024%2C768\" data-srcset=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the buildings were already closed for the season but the grounds remained open and made for a picturesque nature walk.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"rs-article-img c68203366a370i1852876885 rs-active\"><span id=\"c68203366a370i1852876885\"><\/span><img id=\"ui-36\" class=\"rs-article-img-src\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/la-explorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6024.jpg?resize=1024%2C768\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"\/\/i0.wp.com\/la-explorer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_6024.jpg?resize=1024%2C768\" data-srcset=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We were hoping to then ride horses at the adjacent Camp Richardson but the stables were, unfortunately, closed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by mk1005\u00a0&#8212; Last week I wrote all about my family\u2019s adventures through California Gold Country, the region of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[18],"tags":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","darknews-slider-full":"","darknews-featured":"","darknews-medium":"","darknews-medium-square":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"News MoLo","author_link":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/author\/admin\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/News\/lifestyle\/\" rel=\"category tag\">LifeStyle<\/a>","tag_info":"LifeStyle","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5256,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5255\/revisions\/5256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.newsmolo.com\/EDC\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}