Some Time In Tahoe

Continuing my habit of posting about events that happened quite some time ago (In this case 3 weeks).  I have decided to post photos of a trip I took to Tahoe for my friend Adam's bachelor party.

I got into the airport around the same time as Adam and his brothers so I got to be part of the trip to Costco to stock up for the weekend.

As you can see I was prepared for the shopping trip:

We stayed in a three floor cabin in the mountains with a spectacular view of the lake.  We spent quite a bit of time hanging out on the deck looking out over the water and chatting which proved to be a great way to spend the time.

The place was probably the height of bachelor fashion in the '70s.  It has automatic curtains and a pool by the master bedroom.  Lots of late seventies kitsch.  Oh and video games, Adam brought a Wii and an old n64 so I got to break out the ass whipping on both mario kart and goldeneye.  That alone would have made the weekend worth it.  It has been a while since I flexed those particular muscles and it is nice to see that something you dedicated 5 years of your life to doesn't just disappear.

We also managed to get out skiing which turned out to be a lot of fun.  I was not quite prepared as I forgot some relatively basic things like a mask or sunglasses even and was not too happy about that:

Everyone else also managed to convince me that I was up to an expert level run after going down one random blue.  I was not quite as sure and look it in this picture:

Both of us kind of turned out to be right.  I slide down the steepest part of the run on my face but once I got that behind me I was able to keep up pretty well.  Overall it reminded me of why I like skiing so much and how much fun it is.

For the following day we just hung out at the sports book in the casino where I saw my two $10 bets on Xavier go south.  It really only bothered me cause everyone there was UCLA fans and I have decided that California sports fans of all stripes are some of the most obnoxious around. 

After the games we had a great dinner and lost even more money at the casinos:

A great weekend that I will remember for a while.

Some more random photos of the weekend and the view.

http://picasaweb.google.com/justin.baird/TahoeSkies

http://picasaweb.google.com/justin.baird/AdamSBachelorPartyAtLakeTahoe