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Saturday, July 5, 2008

Day 9: Tahoe

Friday, July 4

We left our campsite in Bridgeport early because we wanted to get to Tahoe early since hundreds of people visit Lake Tahoe for the great fireworks display.Afterbreakfast in a diner along the way we drove for about 1 and 1/2 hours and went to a grocery store in South Tahoe. Most campsites were full, but we called one that could give us a dry hookup. That means no water or electricity. On the way t0 the campsite we saw the sign to a giant campground.(over 350 RV sites) Mom went to the main office and they had one cancellation a few minutes before. We got a full hookup(water, sewage, and electricity) and had a great parking spot. The people to our left love 4th of July and gave each of us a goodie bag with a fan, tattoos, necklaces, and candy. Dad made swordfish and sausages for dinner and we ordered a cab for 8:30 to take us to Lake Tahoe for the fireworks. We found a great place to sit near the lake. We waited for about 45 minutes and the fireworks began. They were amazing. There were big ones, small ones, heart shaped one, Saturn ones, all kinds of colors ones, and even a ship towards the end. We saw a lot of drunk people. After the fireworks our cab driver had suggested to walk a little away from the lake because everyone wants a cab after the fireworks. We walked to an old ice cream parlor, that was closed, and called the cab company. They said about a 30 minute wait. We waited for 45 minutes and no sign of the cab was near. It was now 11:15 and Valentin was crying that he was tired. Viki and I had to go really bad. My dad called the cab company a few times but no one answered the phone. After one hour of waiting we had to walk. It was about 3 miles. We saw a cab from the company we were calling and my dad talked to the driver. The driver shrugged and drove away. Mom then saw a nice lady and asked her if she could drive us to the campsite. She was very nice and drove us all the way to Encore Tahoe Valley, our campsite. It was 11:45 and we were very grateful for this kind person.

Day 9: Tahoe

2 comments:

HeidiB said...

Hallo Maxi,
dein comment heute macht mir Freude. Mein dinner kann ruhig kalt werden.
Feuerwerke - an diesem Ort - waren bestimmt ein Erlebnis fuer euch.
Du siehst, ich verpasse kein Event.
Ich liebe Feuerwerke! es ist so was besonderes, finde ich!
Deine Beschreibung war wieder
excelent, and you have a great dad and a very great mom, because the car at home.
Bei euch ist jetzt lunch-time.
Ich geniesse mein Abendessen
und bin in love
y o u r Oma Heidi

helmut said...

Hallo Maximilian,
heute waren Oma und ich beim Abendgottesdienst und haben für Euch eine Kerze angezündet, damit Euer Urlaub weiterhin gut verläuft.
Den LAKE TAHOE haben wir uns ausführlich im Internet angesehen.
Es muss wohl einer der schönsten
in der Sierra Nevada sein.
Wenn wir uns zu diesen Bilder noch ein Feuerwerk vorstellen, dann muß das amazing sein. Habt ihr Bilder gemacht?
Ja, Maximilian, nach so einer Freude kommt auch mal ein kleines Tief.Wenn man dann Erfahrung mit hilfsbereiten Menschen macht,dann hat sich das Warten gelohnt.
Das war doch richtiges Boyscout Verhalten von dieser netten Frau.
Wir wünschen Euch noch einen ereignisreichen Nachmittag und einen schönen Sonntag.

Lieber Maximilian,
wir sind stolz auf Dich und auf Deine Berichterstattung.
Grüße Deine Geschwister und Deine Eltern recht lieb von Deinen
Reilinger Großeltern.

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