Two Days in Tahoe

Every week Josh and I get two days off of work together. This past week we decided to drive to Lake Tahoe. On the way there we decided to make a pit stop at the capital buiding in Sacramento. When we got there we walked around and checked it out for a bit. Our favorite part was going into Arnold's office. This is a picture hanging in his office and I thought it was amazing.

In front of Arnold's office. Does anyone still get a kick out of Arnold being the governor? Cause I sure do!

While touring the capital building we suckered into getting a lung test done on us for COPD week. We had to take a test in which we blew all the air out of our lungs until we felt like we were going to pass out and then suck it back in really fast. We had to do this on a machine. Her instructions were, "Blow into this tube until your face turns purple".... I was a little nervous.

Test Results:

Josh- Best reading she has had all day, cannot believe the strength of his lungs! Seriously could not stop talking about it.

Melissa- Lungs were functioning well, average numbers... ( She was so not impressed)

A classic, "in front of the capital making a hand-gesture" tourist photo.

Stopping for a picture among the pines

Lake Tahoe!

Having somewhat of a picnic in the parking lot.

Going Green

Emerald Bay.

Beautiful, Beautiful!

I have been searching for any sign of fall for the last month. I finally found it. Now it feels like October!

We came during "fish spawning" time at the Lake. This also happens to be the best time to see a bear. We decided to wait with the "bear people" to see if we could witness a bear coming down to catch a fish.

I am going to set up the picture below:

BEAR LADY ( Lady with camera)- Been here since 8 AM trying to get the perfect shot of a bear. At this point it is 4:40 PM and still no sighting.

LOG LADY( Lady on log)- Crossed the river into "bear territory" to take some pictures of the fish in the river. Has no idea that she has just destroyed someones hopes and dreams.

Josh- Innocent Bystander

Camera Lady is furious that the log lady crosses the river into bear territory. She starts walky-talky-ing (walky talky shown in picture below on right hip) her friend from across the river just bashing the log lady. Literally cannot believe it, you would have thought the world was coming to an end.

I am telling you, those "bear people" are a weired crowd of people.

We bear hunted for about 1 1/2 hours and then decided that the bear was not coming. We were not going to tell the Bear lady this. She would be crushed!

Driving home and always being the navigator, the DJ, and answering phone calls.

This is where our GPS took us. Diverted us out of traffic in Sacramento on a main highway and onto a Kansas looking road where civilization does not exist. We continued to drive home on this road for about 35 miles. Oh the memories!