Escaping the HEAT

We have had a little escape to Lake Tahoe planned for about a week. It could not have been planned for a better day (except maybe if we had stayed through Thursday). The temperature hit 111 degrees in the city we live in. Tahoe was a perfect 85 degrees today. We were on the road by 9 am this morning. Once we hit the half way point, we were driving through lots of heavy smoke. A few more wild fires had started yesterday. As we continued to drive, it was getting worse. We were worried that our little excursion would be foiled by the fires & air quality. Once we hit the Truckee off ramp, the air cleared & the blue skies appeared. We enjoyed a fabulous day on the shore of Lake Tahoe. We were lucky enough to have 6 other families enjoy the day in Tahoe with us. We even had the Clements here from Utah, it was awesome to spend time with them. Between the 6 families, we had a total of 27 children under the age of 12 in tow. WOW!! We had a blast. The kids played out in the water, floated on the rafts & in the boat, there were endless hours of digging in the sand, searching for crayfish, running up & down the dock, watching Brody play in a big hole that had been dug by the older boys & the pure joy on his face(not to mention all of the sand), hanging out with the friends we love, & most defiantly... the cooler weather. We are supposed to have hot temps for the next couple of days, not looking forward to that. The typical shutterbug in me can't blog without including a ton of photos. Enjoy!