Grrraauu Grrraau!! (Welcome!!): Brace yourselves, winter is coming.....~~~ (Part 2)

And then, finally muncul pun kelibat kat bawah nie....~~

We all proceed until we reached the town. But when we already there, we didn't know where is the rendezvous point. Kitorang just drive tanpa hala tuju, in the end decided to stop at STAPLES.

Masa nie pukul 11A.M. and kitorang xtau kereta lagi satu (remember from the last post?) da smpai mana.. So, while some of us was trying to contact them, the rest just rushed straight to the snowy area.... IT'S SNOWBALLING TIME!!!

Nie la 'Snow Angel' Zainal..

Camtu la gamaknya kitorang men salji, xsempat nk ambik gambo banyak... haha.. then time tgh syok men salji, Zainal gtau yang Dodge still kena cover lagi 40 miles. So we decided to go somewhere else and meet there instead. If I am not mistaken the place is called Emerald Bay. Kali nie Zainal take over kereta balik. Dia drive, ak duk sobolah. Hehehehehehehehehehehe......~~~

Along the way tu, kiri kanan dipenuhi dengan cabin houses.. Most of the houses are emptied, most probably the resident already traveled elsewhere, 2nd house maybe.... melarikan diri dari winter agaknya... further some more also got a small river, but was frozen... tapi paling byk sekali pine trees la.. obviously... ak xambik gambo sgt.. so hanya boleh describe jer la.. lolz...

lbey kurang cmnie la scenery diaa....

The trail to the Emerald Bay is actually quite challenging.. We need to climbed up the mountain and as you may know, mountainous road usually belok sana, belok sini... plus ngan snow lagi... "nasib bek bukan aku drive.. hehe.." kata aku dalam hati.. The further we drive, the steeper it gets. And sampai satu selekoh tu, one of our group's car, the Mazda one almost fell of the cliff. Siap buat drift lagi depan kitorang.. haha..But luckily, all goes well. Lepas tu, terus Mazda dipandu secara berhemah.. But then, xjauh dari corner drift tu, jumpa lagi satu corner mendaki...Bila kitorang smpi situ, ada satu kereta tgh struggle nk mendaki... ak xigt kereta apa, tapi kereta tu pakai tyre chains... But even with the tyre chains,the car was still not able to drive uphill. Tapi driver tu paksa gak.. tekan minyak gak... and then tyre chains tu putuih..... last2 the driver gave up, and make a u-turn, returned back to the town...

Lepas tu, kitorang plak cuba nasib. Pasal Mazda kat depan, dworang la cuba dulu...tapi still sama gak, tyre chains dworang xckup ketat, and tercabut dari tayar kereta.. so, turn ktorang plak kena struggle ngan snowy mountainous corner nie.. masing2 turun dari kereta nk tolong Mazda tu, and we did some scouting on where the trail will lead us... Rupa2nya depan skit dari corner tu, ada signboard tulis....

"Road closed due to bad condition"

So we decided to turn back and return to the town. By the time kita nk turun tu, Dodge pun smpai... So xya susah2 nk set tmpat nk gather lagi. Before balik semula ka town tu, kitorang sempat la ambik gambo skit2...

Mazda is leading the way

Nun hujung sana tulis "Road Closed"

Kereta sangkut, sempat lagi wat peace.

Corner Durjana

Corner Durjana lagi...

Lake Tahoe's view during winter....

Mari ambik gambar.....

It's DODGE's time to make a u-turn..

All set and ready to go...

Ak xsure waktu nie pukul berapa... Maybe kol 2 something kot. Perut masing2 da keroncong mat tarbus... And we decided to satisfy our tummy with Thai's delicacies.. Nama restaurant tu Orchid Thai.. For that lunch, ak just order Shrimp Lemongrass Soup (Tom Yam) and Jasmine rice. Time lapaq and sejuk2 nie memang sedap pekena sup2 panas and pedas2 nie... "cirit or die". Tom Yam nyer masam ckit, tapi shrimp dia nice... segar and rangup... ho liao ma..~~

Orchid Authentic Thai Cuisines

Mereka-mereka yang meramaikan majlis..

After masing2 da kenyang, we headed to our booked inn called Stateline Economic Inn. Motel murah jer, saving ckit. Ada 2 queen size beds, heater, microwave, fridge and tv. Still ok la untuk tido semalam..

nie permandangan Inn pagi esoknya...

Waktu nie maybe dalam pukul 5 petang lbey, and bila ak sampai jer bilik, letak barang sumer and g mandi air panas and settled some "big business"... weehooo...!!! And then da setel down kejap, some of us decided to go out again to buy some stuff... Kitorang g beli barang ckit kt ROSS... hehe.. Ak just beli seluar jeans sehelai jer, pasal jeans yang ak pakai tadi da basah and kotoq buat main salji.. After that, balik semula ke bilik and ak tdor kejap la dei...

Dalam kol 8 something tu, kitorang kuar balik just jalan kaki around Lake Tahoe town. Cuaca memang sejuk gila time nie.. Kalau muka ngadap arah angin tiup, rasa perit jer.... Ak ada la shopping ckit.. beli fridge magnet 3 keping.. tu jer.. haha... But the town is quite nice during nighttime.