Global Warming at Lake Tahoe

We arrived on Saturday, late afternoon. We were not in a big hurry due to black-out dates on our ski passes. To our surprise night was unusually warm, over 5C, sky was full of stars, not a single cloud to be seen. Apartment we booked is on a Nevada side of Heavenly, it is small two bedroom place, perfectly fitting Tahoe style. Little wooden chairs, American style fireplace, all-you-can-possibly-need in the kitchen. You just move in and continue with your life…right where you stopped when you left your home.
Sunday was also black-out day so we decided to visit the beautiful Tahoe Zephyr Cove, eat manila clams at the same name restaurant and go beck for the most beautiful sun-set on the face of the Earth. Here at Tahoe Lake this kind of sun-sets are not exceptions, rather they rule!
Lake Tahoe, being the one of the worlds most beautiful alpine lake, with its crystal clear blue waters surrounded with snowy mountains and greasy valleys attracts around 3 million people each year. We represent one in a 3 million people that are coming over and over again to this serene beauty.

And now about global warming and how serious it is getting. Last year skiers at Tahoe have already experienced it. What it means when half of the diamonds are closed due to lack of snow…in the past lifts are not working because of heavy snow fall and winter storms…for past two years lifts are not working because there is no snow! Snow is likely gone from the lower elevation resorts but there is still some skiing going on at Heavenly, Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows. At NorthStar lots of the slopes are closed but major lifts are still open. Donner Ski Resort is closed for the second year in a row.
And this is the current situation on Stagecoach Heavenly this morning so you be the judge!

People are calling and asking me: should we take our swimming gear to Tahoe and is it worth coming.!? For all the beauty Lake Tahoe provides it is definitely worth coming. Skiing season might not be the best, but there are many other things to do here…stop by for a glass of vine with me!
Today is Monday. My family, very ambitiously left to go skiing, living me home alone! Desperate housewife with no job and no future. And here I am all by myself, when other people are earning their daily bread, sitting on my but in a nice Tahoe apartment doing what!?!?! You tell me! Drinking coffee, that's what I'll do.  Read some funny blogs, try to write one myself and than make a lunch for hungry skiers. Is this carpe diem? Will see! If I end it with the nice glass of vine it definitely will be!!! Cheers!