Series Southwest
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Lake Tahoe is the jewel of the Sierra Nevada at every time of the year but especially in the winter. Sitting astride the California-Nevada state line about fifty miles northeast of Sacramento and less than fifteen miles southwest of Carson City. Easily accessible via U.S. Highway 50, Lake Tahoe has many vacation condos available right through the year but the area is principally known as key ski vacation country.
Like the Sierra Nevada Mountains themselves, Lake Tahoe is fairly young, geologically speaking. The Tahoe basin formed roughly two million years ago when a small tectonic plate flanked by the Sierra Nevada and the Carson Range dropped, forming what geologists call a graben. After this, the eruption of a now extinct volcano produced a natural dam on the north side. Over the next million years, a series of glaciers advanced and retreated, forming Lake Tahoe as we know it now.
At an altitude of greater than 6000 feet, it is the highest alpine lake in the U.S., and second only to Oregon’s Crater Lake in terms of depth. Fed by mountain streams, it is the supply of the Truckee River, its only outlet which also provides outstanding opportunities for fly fishing and white water rafting. Make a reservation ahead of time to book a delightful cabin rental accommodations with direct entrance or a view to the lake.
The earliest human inhabitants of the vicinity were Waashiu Indians, who gave Lake Tahoe its name. Nineteenth Century John Fremont was possibly the first European to see Lake Tahoe in 1844. Interestingly, the lake was initially named for John Bigler, who was the governor of California from 1852 to 1856. Even though the lake was renamed Tahoe by the Department of the Interior under Abraham Lincoln, the name “Lake Bigler” stuck until after the Second World War.
As you may imagine, the Lake Tahoe area is rich in history as well as leisure opportunities such as fishing, skiing, camping and hiking. Having been both a national park and a resort for nearly 150 years, the Lake Tahoe vicinity has a reasonable number of historic mansions as well as old mining and logging camps and of course, neighboring Carson City, where you can get a taste of what the Wild West was like back in the day. In fact, steam power is alive and well in the region. An old-time paddle boat still skims the waters of Lake Tahoe, and the Truckee & Western Railroad presents rides on an authentic 1870 vintage steam train.
For winter sports lovers, Lake Tahoe is home to no fewer than twelve major ski resorts, which are usually operational between late November until early April. Most of these are located on the lake’s northern edge near Truckee. However, Kirkwood Mountain Resort, located close to the town of South Lake Tahoe, receives the largest snowfall of any ski areas in the region which makes for amazing bed breakfasts.
For the children and non-skiers, there are a number of sledding facilities, many of which are free of charge to the public and even offer rope tows up the hills. There are also a surfeit of trails for folks who favor cross country skiing and snowshoeing.
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2011 Little League World Series 65th Baseball USA Southwest Jersey Pin $4.99 |
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2003 Fetherlite Southwest Series Media Guide $5.00 |
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2011 Little League World Series South West Jersey Pin $4.00 |
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Southwestern w/ Style Series 9804 Buckwheat Vinyl Tablecloth 54 X 75′ Roll $334.95 A Southwest Design With A Linen Background is the theme of the 9804S series tablecloth. This is a 10 gauge heavy duty vinyl and the roll measures 54″ x 75′. Our vinyl rolls normally ship out within 1-2 business days from the date of your order. PLEASE NOTE: If unsure about a color or pattern, please contact us. Samples are available. The vinyl rolls themselves ship directly from the manufact… |
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Southwestern w/ Style Series 9804 Russetta Vinyl Tablecloth 54 X 75′ Roll $199.95 A Southwest Design With A Linen Background is the theme of the 9804S series tablecloth. This is a 10 gauge heavy duty vinyl and the roll measures 54″ x 75′. Our vinyl rolls normally ship out within 1-2 business days from the date of your order. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A CLEARANCE ITEM THAT IS BEING DISCONTINUED AND CANNOT BE RETURNED OR EXCHANGED…. |
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Twin Peaks – Fire Walk with Me $4.59 Alternately fascinating and frustrating–and no doubt deliberately so on both counts–this controversial Twin Peaks installment (it was roundly booed by mystified audiences at the Cannes Film Festival) appeared in theaters after the series was canceled, serving as both prequel and coda to the whole remarkable Twin Peaks phenomenon. Designed especially for dedicated followers of the series (it woul… |
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The Dukes of Hazzard: The Complete Sixth Season $11.48 Having returned at the end of the fifth season, Bo and Luke are back for good, ready for more gulch-jumpin’, moonshine-runnin’ fun. All 19 episodes from the series’s sixth season–including “Lulu’s Gone Away,” “Boss Behind Bars,” “Twin Trouble,” “Heiress Daisy Duke,” and “Cooter’s Confession”–are featured in a four-disc set. 17 2/3 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Sub… |
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The Errol Flynn Signature Collection, Vol. 2 (The Charge of the Light Brigade / Gentleman Jim / The Adventures of Don Juan / The Dawn Patrol / Dive Bomber) $14.99 The best-known of Errol Flynn’s movies are already out there on DVD, so surely there can’t be much left over to keep the second volume of the Errol Flynn Signature Collection from being an anticlimax. Except it’s not. The new boxed set includes a splendid historical adventure, two aviation movies impressive in different ways, and a late swashbuckler that operates as a droll gloss on the star’s … |
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