Beautiful May Tahoe trip and THE TREE

Because the kids had their Olympics day at the park, they were done early and we headed up to Tahoe in the mid-afternoon.  Getting there while it is still light out is always nice.  Discovering a giant tree has fallen in the yard is not so nice.  Oh boy. 

Here's a little video showing the downed tree. 

There were high winds about a week ago, so there were other trees and branches down in the neighborhood, but it definitely seemed like ours was the biggest. 

The fact that it fell in the space between the house and the shed is incredibly lucky. 

We could see a few branches on the roof so there may be a bit of damage up there, but nothing too major. 

The canoe that was being stored behind the house didn't make it though.  We do have some kayaks under the house, but the canoe was the vessel that would have fit all of us and maybe even Mousse if we could convince him to get in. 

The weekend was a combination of enjoyable activities and hard work.  Saturday we mostly enjoyed ourselves.  First up was a hike with just Tom, Mousse and me.  The kids weren't interested so we let them skip it this time to spare ourselves the whining.  Mousse is always an enthusiastic hiking companion.  Here he is posing in a pretty meadow at the beginning of the hike.  

We didn't go all the way to the top of the hike, but we did get high enough to find some snow, which inspired snow zoomies from Mousse. 

On Sunday, we did force the kids to take a walk around the neighborhood with us.  Leo is trying out some contact lenses.  He's tried them before but never really took to them.  This time he has these cool sunglasses as motivation to make the contacts work.  He's almost caught up to Serafina's height, which I swear happened over night. 

The kids turned back after a little bit.  Tom and I made our way through the neighborhood until we got to the lake.  We learned that before Memorial Day, dogs are allowed at the public beach.  Mousse was happy, but he also harassed some huge geese.  

Tom was very much enjoying the weather and the view. 

Lake side selfie.  I picked up this hat in town on Saturday and it's my official lake hat.  I'm very pleased with it.  

After our nice walk and some lunch, it was time to deal with the yard.  We are leaving the tree situation to the professionals, but there was still plenty for us to do.  All in all, the weekend was great with beautiful weather.  It wasn't too crowded up there, but that will be changing as the summer approaches and the tourists roll in.