Trip Report
Stayed at Harrahs South Lake Tahoe (Sun -> Fri) this week. Had a great time.
Monday - Drove through Emerald Bay, and hiked Eagle Falls, and one other waterfall trail:
Spent a couple hours at Kiva Beach, as it's the only dog-friendly beach on Tahoe, and our
friends had their dogs with them:
http://dogtrekker.com/yp/kiva-beach-south-lake-tahoe-96150
Tuesday: Rode the Heavenly Gondola up to 9,123 feet, to the observation deck, and then to the resort
at the top. Then hiked up to 10,000 feet on the Nevada side
Wednesday - Hiked Cascade Falls Trail:
Then spent a couple hours relaxing at Pope Beach:
Then we chartered a private dinner/sunset cruise on the lake,
here:
http://www.tahoeboatrides.com/
(Outstanding)
Thursday we took a day trip to Grover Hot Springs State Park, and hiked the waterfall trail, and
then relaxed in the hot springs:
I got some gambling in, the BJ isn't great. There is a lot of 6/5 blackjack which I refuse to play. I did find some 3/2 double decks, but you
can only double on 8,9,10,11 - and no DAS. Lakeside Inn Casino about 1 mile from Harrahs had a $5 min double deck game with those rules.
That place looks like it's a local hangout, and looked like it hasn't changed since the 60's/70's. There was also the same DD game at
Harrah's that varied from $10/$25 min throughout the day. We ended up playing our BJ at Harvey's (which is owned by Harrah's) and did alright.
I played a little bit of video poker, mostly when waiting for poker tables to open up. The only full-pay video poker I found in South Lake Tahoe
was at Mont Bleu, which is kind of a dump of a place - a lot of penny slots... The only poker tables were at Harveys, and was a loose $2/$3 NL game.
We loved the area, and plan on going back, and probably bringing the kids.
[ Apologies to Reno Chazz, hoped to catch a beer with you, but we never had a moment to spare. Next time. ]