We stopped at Emerald Bay lookout and tromped through the snow to read the signs and look over the only island in Lake Tahoe. It has a little stone building on the top of the hill that was used as a tea house by a very rich woman who built her home at the tip of Emerald Bay.
We also stopped at a state park commemorating Donner Pass. The museum was closed, but we tromped through the snow to look at the statue anyway.
We ended our tour by driving by Donner Lake, Donner Summit and all the ski resorts out that direction that we didn't have time or money to ski.
James is interested in a ski company called Moment. They build their skis in Reno and James was determined to see if he could demo any skis. We finally found their workshop (they were just finishing a move to a new building) and even met the CEO. He let us each borrow a pair of skis for free and without collateral of any kind. James really wanted to try out a particular ski, but most of their inventory was out at a retail show. So James borrowed the Rubys and I got to try the Pikas.
(When we returned the skis on Friday night, we got to tour their new workshop and see some of the ski making machines. It was interesting to see their topsheet graphics printing out from a big printer.)
