sarahsnowchic

Our sixth and final day exploring South Lake Tahoe and her surrounding resorts has come to an end. 5 resorts in 5 days has been an epic undertaking and one i could not have survived without my daily breakfast of Advil and a supersized coffee...not to mention an apres massage and hot tub mid week! We started and finished in Heavenly Valley, sister hill to Vail Resorts, Colorado where my first turns were carved into that massive mountain back in the Winter season of 03/04. Reminiscent of these bluebird days riding loops of the courdroy under Chair 2 in my lunch break, much of this week has taken me back onto the groomed packed powder that i became so familiar with on my first north american snow season.  Since this first experience in Colorado where i earned my keep selling alpine outerwear and coyote fur trimmed apres attire, i have been fortunate to consolidate big mountain riding and snowboarding the powder with another northern hemisphere seaso...

A chance to reflect on the journey so far having safely arrived in South lake Tahoe after a day of touring through the Napa Valley wine region north-east of San Francisco.  And when I say safely… surely being chauffeured around wine tasting while navigating from the passenger side of the wrong side of the road can’t be that hard?! Except for the strange sensation as you nervously check the rear view mirrors that you are somehow controlling the vehicle and usually too close to the oversized Chevrolets and right hand road block for my liking… So 2 days in San Francisco and armed with childhood Fullhouse row-house memories and adolescent nostalgia from a road trip here with my dad 7 years ago….. a Drew Barrymore movie “Going the Distance” and later Sean Connery’s “The Rock” (must be on loop here on cable) added a sense of romance and mutiny to the inclusive community vibe of the Rainbow City. It is also unseasonably warm here perhaps unprecedented by my not checking the weather for...