Lake Tahoe is an amazing place. The vistas are gorgeous in any direction one looks. Squaw Valley, and this view particularly, has always been one of my favorites. Sometimes, like I did today, I just drive down to see it, hop out, take a photo, wave, and then continue on to my destination. It just makes me happy. The snow here is making everyone in California hopeful for a drought-less summer this year. (We will need a whole lot more than this.) I hope the view brings you some joy as well.
Bulldog Travels / Photos By Jenny 
I love the idea of stopping to take a photo of a view you adore just because you find it so beautiful and want to share. It’s breathtaking!
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Thanks! It’s funny. Now that I have been blogging for a while I find myself wanting to take photos and share a lot of the places that are special to me. This being one of them. And stay tuned for a post on Vikingsholm via snow shoes tomorrow. 🙂
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Something to look forward to!
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Beautiful!! I know just what you mean: growing up in the West has trained me to think of winter snow in terms of how much snowpack it will leave. In the West we rely on winter snows to get us through the summer, and once that idea gets ingrained, it doesn’t let go. I have fingers tightly crossed that California will have some respite this summer. What a relief it would be to have the pressure released a bit, rather than one more year of tightening the screws. Looks like you are spending the holidays in a wonderland.
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Thanks. Everyone says El Nino year. We will see. I am glad we have at least got some rain and snow. We just need it to keep coming.
How has it been up your way? Lots of rain yet or no?
I hope you had a nice Xmas.
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Christmas was so nice, just me and my Tara. We both needed to wind down from school and from work, and do some heavy-duty bonding. Man, I miss that kid off at college.
We have had tons and tons of rain here, I even blogged about it. Shut down I-5 between Portland and Seattle for two days because of a mud slide – amazing!
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OH THAT’S right. I remember your post. Crazy! Great excuse to miss work I guess. Glad you were safe.
Mother Nature showing her muscles again.
Glad you had time with your daughter. I hope she enjoyed it as much as you did. That must be hard without her. Is she enjoying college?
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Yes! It has been so awesome to see Tara grow away from me. It makes me proud and little sad to see my kid thrive without me… but I guess that’s what it’s all about.
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If it keeps up, this year will make a dent., but it will not get California or Nevada out of it unless they get a few monsters.
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I agree. It will probably take several seasons to make us right again. But every drop of water is a start. Have you heard that they are calling this year’s El Nino a Godzilla El Nino? Ha. I think we need to see that El Nino is here before we start calling it Godzilla. 😉 Thanks for stopping in. You are welcome anytime.
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It’s 70 degrees in Philly and that view brightens up Christmas even more for me. I hope you folks get a consistent (but not-overwhelming) amount of moisture soon to make a real dent in that drought. As for snow…we rarely have it on the ground here at Christmas…when we would most appreciate it. At this point I think we here would all be happy to keep our potential future snow out your way…it would be put to much better use if that happened.
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Its always feast or famine, isnt it? We are finally getting some percipitation and you guys are having Summer BBQs outdoors. I even heard the cherry blossoms are in bloom in DC? What the heck? Mother Nature is having some fun with all of us I think. Thanks for the comment. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year.
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I’ve seen it from the sky and it is beautiful! One day I’ll see it up close. 🙂
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I hope you do. It is lovely!
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I will have to eventually!
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Lovely idea and lovely photo…I love the snow..thanks for sharing especially for me at this time of year in Australia when it is very warm and certainly no snow to be seen.
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You are very welcome. I have another snow post coming tomorrow. Stay tuned! Happy new Year!
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The photo is so inviting!! Great to see snow. Now I want to get out in it (snowshoes not a shovel).
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Shoveling is for the birds! That’s why I just visit and don’t live in it! 😉
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Thanks for the laugh. I think that is the sole reason my grandfather moved from New York to Arizona…so that he wouldn’t have to shovel snow.
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Wise man.
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Funny you should say that! He really was in a lot of ways. Shoveling snow being a minor example.
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Great Snap!!
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You are hitting my favorites today. Granite Chief Wilderness is just on the other side of Squaw. The first 100 mile backpack trek I ever led was out of Squaw Valley in 1974 following the Tevis Cup Trail into Auburn. I’ll be doing a blog about that experience some time in the next several months. I was lucky I wasn’t lynched. (grin) –Curt
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Very interesting.
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A lovely view indeed. I miss the snow sometimes…
🙂
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The snow, for me, is fun to “visit.”
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Plus, you have it at hand. So close. Don’t your parents have a cabin somewhere in the woods?
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Yes. They sure do. We are probably overdue for a snowshoe trip to check it out.
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Post pictures. Complete with wolves howling at the moon. 😉
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If I ever get that shot you know it will wind up on the blog!
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Haha! Where you are it’s probably more coyotes.
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We have a few of those yes…
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