Lake Tahoe

From Death Valley, we headed north to Lake Tahoe and found a KOA there.  It was not up to the usual KOA standards, and was double the usual rate!  We were happy to head out again in the morning, planning to circumnavigate Lake Tahoe and perhaps find a nice spot for lunch and carry on to Lassen Volcanic National Park.  What we soon discovered that that particular Sunday was a special bicycle event and there were thousands of bicyclists and cars on the roads.  We could not pull over, nor could we access the lake (although it was a beautiful Royal blue and the white top mountains were a stunning back drop)...the drive was slow and hair raising as the traffic continued in both directions despite the myriad bicyclists heading in the opposite direction to us.

And then we were at Lassen Volcanic National Park.   It was still very snowy and the road through the park to the campground on the north side was closed.  The visitors centre was open, and we were able to see the exhibits.