Emerald Bay Lake Tahoe

Freemont first called it Mountain Lake, later it was known as Lake Bonpland
and again its name was changed to Lake Bigler. It was not until 1945 that the legislature changed the name to Lake Tahoe. The name is derived from the Washoe Indian, da'au, Pronounced Tahoe hence Lake Tahoe. It is the second deepest lake in the U.S. and on a good sunny day it will take the average driver about five hours to circle this cobalt blue lake of the sky.
Lake Tahoe straddles the border between Nevada and California.

Loretta and I live only two hours west of Lake Tahoe, in Sacramento, CA. The lake has changed over the years from a vacationer's paradise filled with sandy beaches, sunshine, and a few automobiles visiting the area, to gridlock and no rooms on any weekend, but we still love it.
Emerald Bay is said to be the most photographed scenic vista in the United States. The movie "Rose Marie" with Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy was filmed above the bay in the 1930s. Many palatial homes line the waters edge as well as casinos and of course sandy beaches. From Lake Tahoe it is but a short drive to Reno, which is the gambling mecca of Northern Nevada. Carson City, home of the Comstock Lode, is only about an hour south of Reno. Also Donner Lake, where the Donner Party was marooned in the winter of 1846 is only minutes from the north shore of the lake. Along the same
road to Donner is the entrance to Squaw Valley site of the 1960 Winter
Olympics.

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