Just inside the main doors is a huge double-arch fish tank. A fresh water tank on one side of the store and a salt-water acquarium on the other side of the store.
Amazing to see a catfish swim above your head - right James!?
I don't know what kind of fish this is, but isn't he pretty!
It is a two-story building and the center is dominated by a Ferris Wheel! It only cost $1 to ride.
Jonathan and Aunt Laura
Uncle Rod & James standing on the 2nd story watching the Ferris Wheel. All the way around the 2nd story landing are "Presidents". Life Size manequins of American Presidents (the most recent I saw was Ronald Reagan. I suppose they can't use presidents who are still living?) The Presidents are dressed in period clothing and are giving a speech - out of speakers near each president.
Like Cabellas, there are life size animals all around the store. This mountain of animals is on the 2nd story, so you can see how tall this building is!
Outside Scheels is an outdoor mall. Many different shops in stand-alone buildings. With lots of sculptures and several places to sit and rest. One of the other stores that I really enjoyed was frozen yogurt! James tried on shoes at the Nike store and the Adidas store. And we stopped at the Farmers Almanac store and the Harry & David store.
We said goodbye to the Bonnells and headed south to Lake Tahoe. Our first hotel was the Tahoe Biltmore in Crystal Bay just inside the Nevada border on the North Shore. We did a stay-and-ski-free deal - we paid the total cost of two full-price Squaw adult lift tickets to the Tahoe Biltmore and we also got to stay the night in one of their "cabins".
Here are the "Cabins" - basically a motel building outside the Hotel/Casino. Oooooold! But the price was right (essentially free). And once we turned up the heat at 2:30 in the morning, we slept just fine!
Jonathan and Aunt Laura
Uncle Rod & James standing on the 2nd story watching the Ferris Wheel. All the way around the 2nd story landing are "Presidents". Life Size manequins of American Presidents (the most recent I saw was Ronald Reagan. I suppose they can't use presidents who are still living?) The Presidents are dressed in period clothing and are giving a speech - out of speakers near each president.
Like Cabellas, there are life size animals all around the store. This mountain of animals is on the 2nd story, so you can see how tall this building is!
Outside Scheels is an outdoor mall. Many different shops in stand-alone buildings. With lots of sculptures and several places to sit and rest. One of the other stores that I really enjoyed was frozen yogurt! James tried on shoes at the Nike store and the Adidas store. And we stopped at the Farmers Almanac store and the Harry & David store.
We said goodbye to the Bonnells and headed south to Lake Tahoe. Our first hotel was the Tahoe Biltmore in Crystal Bay just inside the Nevada border on the North Shore. We did a stay-and-ski-free deal - we paid the total cost of two full-price Squaw adult lift tickets to the Tahoe Biltmore and we also got to stay the night in one of their "cabins".
Here are the "Cabins" - basically a motel building outside the Hotel/Casino. Oooooold! But the price was right (essentially free). And once we turned up the heat at 2:30 in the morning, we slept just fine!
