A Different Perspective

road trip

Lake Tahoe is famous for its beauty. I'd like to say pristine beauty but the town along the south shore where we are spending our first night is (shall I say it?) tacky. It's a hodge podge of buildings thrown up along the highway that wraps around the edge of this most beautiful stretch of alpine water. I'm all for quaint and unique, but a plethora of road signs and t-shirt shops just saps any loveliness out of this town. It doesn't help that just over the border into Nevada are a couple of big casinos. You have probably guessed by now that I consider casinos a blight on the earth.

The irony is that this tacky town is bordered on one side by the sapphire blue lake and on the other by the snow-capped Sierras, which offer some of the finest skiing in California. Our destination for today is Heavenly Ski Resort. We're getting in our runs before our two-day drive to Montana.

Only moments after lifting off the ground in the aerial gondola, the lowly town fades away and our gazes take in the incredible confluence of water and land that only God could have created. This masterpiece is the backdrop for a day of skiing achingly white snow under brilliantly blue skies.

Taking in the riches of the day, my husband said it best. "People need to get away more so they lift their eyes off daily living and see what life really has to offer."

So live ~ and return from your time-out exhausted and exhilarated at the same time. Hot shower. Comfortable bed. A good night's sleep. Awake refreshed with a new perspective.