Smokey and the bandits....... We all got a chance to experience Kirkwood which was as promised much craggier with slopes which resembled our alpine reds and blacks. Hubbie had taken a chance the day before when leaving the resort and had brought a day pass from a random bloke in the car park, a saving us 50 dollars on my pass for the day. Luckily it worked. No.2 son had also found some free lunch thanks vouchers the day before. But there is no such thing as...

This is the life......... For two of the family our second full day in Tahoe was a relaxing affair. A chance to catch up on homework, blogs and emails, not to mention the family washing! It also gave son no.1 the chance to make up some sleep hours. He has suffered more with teenage sleep patterns than no.2 son who can still wake early without turning into a bear but needs to hibernate by ten in the evening or he transforms too. Our day off also gave me a chan...

Grrrrrrrrrrr…………………. It was the last day of the 7 day ski season for the Heavenly resort and we were all quite excited to be tackling a area we had only ever seen on the big screen. First lifts were at 8.30 so we were up early to give ourselves time to get ski fitted and take out a new mortgage for the ski passes. The buzz of the day soon faded at the rental shop, where we made the biggest mistake of the holiday. We hired skis from the rent...

San Francisco - South Lake Tahoe OMG, it's so big……………… We took the easy option to pick up the rental car and booked a taxi for our already bulging bags. But before we set off I had to pay one more visit to the nearby Italian bakery. I had discovered the great smelling shop the day before when I went in search of bread for breakfast. I was rewarded with the lightest tastiest Ciabatta and out of curiosity I decided to try one of the slabs of flav...

Wow that's amazing…… Horrendous storms had shaken the building during the night so we were a bit apprehensive about the day ahead when we opened the blinds in the morning. Much as expected it was still cloudy and wet. However, over a leisurely breakfast a rainbow appeared and the skies began to clear. When we finally stepped outside the air was fresher but the skies were clear. More bike adventures were definitely out of the questions as we were all walin...