Across the vast desert of Nevada, you finally bump into the Sierra Nevada mountains. We stayed at Carson City, Nevada then up and over the snow covered mountains that divide the desert from Calfornia-land of opportunity for many and where the gold rush of earlier years started a great western migration to seek riches from all over the world. A few of my ancestors came this way but stopped in Utah and settled down.
Lake Tahoe is a beautiful area at the top of the mountains 6200 ft. that is quite the tourist place these days but it's lovely with it's blue lake and pine trees. Loved one of the signs that said "bear crossing" but was happy not to see any. On to visit family in No. California.