Grab your lawn chairs, June marks the start of a wonderful summer concert series in the North Lake Tahoe Truckee area. With a textured selection of music, these concerts present a great spot to hang out and listen to music while sampling some of the notable local beer and outstanding food. Locations of these concerts taking place starting in June include Commons Beach in Tahoe City, Kings Beach, Continue Reading
Archives for May 2016
Art, Wine & Music Festival
The 2016 Art, Wine & Music Festival will be held July 9-10 this year, from 11-5 pm each day. This multi-year event offers luscious wine tastings, music from many bands, and the finest arts and crafts in the region. With two performance stages, art vendors, fine food and wine, and many shops to visit in the Village at Squaw Valley, enjoy these two days under the Tahoe sun! This popular Continue Reading
North Lake Tahoe Marinas & Boating
Blue Skies, Clear Water And that’s just the beginning. Boating in the Lake Tahoe area also means great sunshine, rippled sand, rocks and coves, suntans, the smell of pine trees, colorful wildflowers, fast and slow currents, adventures in inlets, and more. You get the crisp mountain air- and the fishing’s not too bad, either! North Lake Tahoe Marinas & Piers North Lake Tahoe has marinas to Continue Reading
Magical History of Squaw Valley / Olympic Valley
Disney, you say? Yes, Walt Disney was an instrumental player during the development of Squaw Valley and the famous 1960 Olympics that were held here. Olympic Valley (also known as Squaw Valley- it’s the same thing) began its ski adventure with Wayne Paulsen and Alex Cushing in 1942. With personal money and imagination, they opened Squaw Valley Ski Resort in 1949. In 1954, Cushing read Continue Reading