Day 8- Monday August 17

At the airport for the fourth time and never flew once. We dropped Ashley off so she could fly back to Utah. Randy and I drove to Elko, Nevada. 296 miles of sage brush and more sage brush.

Day 7- Sunday Aug. 16

A quiet day today. We took Hillary to the airport so she could fly home. Went back to Tahoe and attended the South Shore Ward for church. Ate brunch at Heidi's, relaxed for the afternoon and then ate dinner at Villa Roma's. The best Italian food I have ever had. If you are ever in Tahoe go there and eat.

Day 6- Hiking Aug, 15, Saturday

We headed to the Tahoe Keys at 5:45 a.m. this morning for a Hot Air Balloon ride. The weather seemed beautiful, not a breeze but a little cool. We boarded the boat that would take the balloon out on the lake to launch from there. Ate breakfast on the boat and then the captain came and said some bad news, the air current up high is to strong and we will have to cancel. Yucky news but what can you do. So we went back to the Condo took a nap, and then shopping at the outdoor Arts and Craft Fair. Then we went hiking down to Emerald Bay and saw the Vikingsholm Castle and Eagle Falls. Beautiful hike down but a little steep back up. We ate at 'Freshies' and then collected large pine cones in the forest. Shopped some more, swam at the Condo and just relaxed. All in all a good day.

Day 5- Paddleboat Cruise-ABBA Aug. 14

Today Randy and I started out on a bike ride up in the Mountains. It is so beautiful here. Then the girls and I went and got a pedicure. It was fun to go the 3 of us at the same time. Swam at the resort and relaxed. Our next adventure was in the afternoon, we went on the Dixie Paddle boat cruise from the east side of Lake Tahoe to Emerald Bay. The water is so blue on the lake and then you enter the bay and it is a beautiful emerald green color. Last night we went to a Abbracadabra Concert at the South Shore Room at Harrah's that was all ABBA music. It was fantastic. A fun busy day.

Dayv4- Gondola Ride'Heavenly' Aug. 13

Today Hillary, Ashley, Randy and I went up on the Gondola called "Heavenly". The view was amazing, the pictures do not even capture what we saw. You get off the gondola where they have lots of activities going on on top of that mountain 9,136 feet. Then you can get on another chairlift and go to 9,800 feet. We did that and then went hiking for awhile. We actually all got a little bit of a sunburn. We shopped in the stores in town, then went back to resort and swam and then went on a bike ride. The girls keep Randy and I young and going strong.

Day 3- Driving around Lake Tahoe Aug. 12

Randy and I went for a bike ride in the morning. There are lots of paved paths all over in the woods. Then the 3 of us drove around the lake. We started with a quilt show at The Tallac Historical Site. Then saw the Heller, Pope and Baldwin Estates. They have all been restored and beautiful. We saw Emerald Bay, Pine Lodge and the outlet gates at Tahoe City. Headed to Reno and saw the Reno Temple and picked Hillary up at the airport that night.

Day 2- Elko, NV to Lake Tahoe

We left Elko, NV in the morning and ran into lots of road construction along the way. We picked Ashley up at the Reno airport. The Security Personal were riding around on Segway's at the airport. We stopped and ate at In-and-Out Burger (Randy's favorite place) and took the long way up the mountain pass to Lake Tahoe. It was beautiful. We are staying at the Wyndmn South Shore Resort. We went swimming at the pool and then went and did some sight seeing of the area. We saw Cave Rock and also drove through the rock. The Lake is amazingly clear and beautiful. What a wonderful area.

Day 1 Twin Falls, Elko, Nevada Aug. 10

Bikes loaded on the Cruiser ready to go.

Twin Falls Temple

Elko, Nevada

International Dance Festival

Randy I took Kinsley to the International Dance Festival last night. The program was wonderful. A large group of all ages starting at about 6 years old from Japan drummed that was out of this world. They were all so talented. Also the the girls from China that danced with fans were amazing.

Grand Targhee-Caleb, Hillary, Bear

Caleb, Hillary and Bear came to visit, so we went up to Grand Targhee to ride the chair lift. It was a beautiful day. You could see all over the valley.

Owl

When we got home from Logan there were 2 owls in our backyard. They were so fun to watch. When I walked outside the one swooped down and about scared me. Sunday morning Randy was walking in the yard and the one swooped down and dropped a large poop. Just missed him but it splattered on his leg and pants. They have since left and we miss them.

Visit to Logan

Randy and I went to help Ben and Melanie frame their basement. I forgot to take pictures of that and only did the ones of Oliver. This is him at swimming lesson, Karate and swimming at the motel pool. We had a good week-end.