I’m back from Lake Tahoe in one piece! All I can say is that I nearly wept when I pulled out of the hotel parking lot on my way back to the Reno airport. The entire area is simply breathtakingly beautiful. Here’s a picture from the summit of Heavenly ski resort looking over at the lake…taken from my G1, surprisingly good picture from a camera phone. Yes, those are my skiboards in the foreground.
Heavenly ski resort at Lake Tahoe (I can't tell if the lake is tilting or if it's just the way I'm holding the camera...)
Unfortunately, they hadn’t received fresh snow for almost a month, but conditions were good nonetheless. I guess the grooming team is able to push snow where it needs it most. Anyway…you definitely can’t beat the 45F temperature at nearly 10,000′.
So I went to Lake Tahoe with a pinched nerve in my neck that radiated across my shoulder and down my left arm. I’ve been dealing with it since just after Christmas, trying to do what I can, but sitting seems to aggravate it most. No over the counter pain relief helped at all. About a week before my departure, I went to a local chiropractor in hopes of relieving some of the pain before my trip–after all, I can’t imagine a ski trip without skiing would be very much fun… Anyway, he was able to take some of the pressure off of the nerve, providing some relief…unfortunately, apparently my shoulder muscles are all out of whack, seemingly pulling in the opposite direction they’re supposed to. Well, it’s a good thing my Lake Tahoe hotel (Harrah’s) had a nice spa with some awesome massage therapists who were able to relax those uncooperative muscles to make them at least semi-usable. So it was ski during the day, massage in the afternoon, eat a small dinner (tough at Harrah’s awesome Forest Buffet) and then crash before having a chance to spend any money at the casino…probably a good thing!
Now that I’m back, I went to the chiropractor this morning, and he did some adjusting and deep tissue stuff…overall I’m feeling better. It’s not terrible pain for the most part, it’s just always there, and it makes doing stuff with my left arm difficult. Not to mention it gets worse as I sit longer.
So that’s that. I’m going to try and rip through the pile of support tickets I have before it becomes too aggravated, if it feels like I’m ignoring you, I’m not…just ask my family. 
Oh yeah, I’ve got some cool stuff to show for my time away. It wasn’t all playtime, honest!
Glad you had a great time and made it back in one piece. If you had pulled a Sonny Bono on us, life just wouldn’t have been the same!
wow! it great cool vacation
It’s sad up there in the summer because all the snow is melted.
The picture summarizes the beauty of Tahoe.Thanks Kansieo, I have already made it as my wallpaper.
Great Pictures! what’s the lenght of this slope?