South Lake Tahoe

This is my 3rd visit to SLT.  April, 1968, was the first one, an overnight stop on my way to Minnesota from Tacoma, WA, via Tijuana.  The long way home.  I had 30 days leave before going to Panama for Jungle Warfare School, then to Vietnam.  Figured I should see some of the country, might not have another chance.  2nd visit was about 30 years ago to do some downhill.

These 3 pix were taken at the Emerald Bay viewpoint.

The castle is about 2 miles away, pix taken at 10x zoom.  It's located close to shore and to the left of the island pictured above.

We visited Tallac Historical Site after Emerald Bay. Tallac was touted as The Grandest Resort in the World 100 years ago.  Only the wealthy and elite here, thank you very much.  If you needed to ask how much it cost, forget it.  Dozens of vintage buildings on 40 acres bordering Lake Tahoe, now a major tourist attraction, the buildings nicely maintained and furnished with period stuff.  The main lodge is pictured below.

This is one of several buildings that housed the worker bees: gardener, maid, cook, butler, etc.  The higher up you were in the pecking order, the larger your quarters.  The butler had the largest room which wasn't all that large, nor should it have been, given his checkered past.  True, it was never proven, but he was and still is, the prime suspect in the heinous murder - did it in the study with a candlestick.