Brace yourselves, winter is coming.....~~~ (Part 3)

Dec 8th, 2013

Ari nie kena bangun pagi2 pasal ada masa smpi tengahari jer nk round2, sightseeing at Lake Tahoe. Lepas da siap2 mandi apa semua, kitorang kluar g bfast.. Even Inn tu ada provide breakfast (cereals and biscuits) untuk guests, kitorang plan nk bfast kt Driftwood Cafe.... Before drive ke cafe tu, kena set GPS dulu supaya senang ckit nk cari... lepas tu follow ler direction dari GPS tu... agak jauh la rasanya dari Inn kitorang tu.. dalam 2-3 miles kot... dah la kena drive slow, disebabkan tyre chains tu... tp perjalanan tetap diteruskan... "Pecah Puasa", here we come...

And then, bila da nak smpi destination, kitorang start rasa pelik... Awat cm jauh sgt nie? kenapa cm kenal jer jalan nie? One of us immediately checked the GPS destination. Ghuper - ghupernya GPS tu set ke ROSS, tempat jual brg murah semalam.... zet zet zet....!!! So, kena set balik GPS tu ke Driftwood Cafe.... Tengok hala tuju kitorang macam ke Inn balik... and bila da betul2 smpi ke cafe tu, baru kitorang tau rupanya2 Cafe tu is just a walking distance away from our Inn.... Jahaneeemm...~~~ Then we parked our car, straigth went to the cafe... bila masuk jer cafe, ramai plak org bfast kt situ.... Back then we need to decide either to wait for our que, or eat elsewhere... discuss punya discuss, last2 kitorang decide untuk let go cafe tu and pergi makan. . . . . . . . . . . . . cereals kt Inn kitorang... (tu la memilih sangat....) Tapi boleh tahan sedap gak cereal dia.. free plak tu...  haha....

Nie jer gambar yg paling clear ak dpt google...

Then, tanpa buang masa, kitorang pack barang sumer, check out, and then gerak balik ke EMERALD BAY... hahha. Hopefully cubaan kali nie lagi baik dari semalam... Ak xsure pukul berapa waktu tu.. Maybe dalam pukol 9 lbey... we all guna track yang sama nak pergi Emerald Bay... so pasti akan jumpa corner durjana tu... haha.. Tapi Alhamdulillah, the sun shone brightly on that day.. xda mist.. xda fog... mmg clear.... "Draw distance to the max" bak kata gamers... boleh nampak gondola belakang Inn... and after we finally reached corner durjana, all of us managed to passed it easily today. but the road was still closed, so we cannot go further anymore, and we decided to just parked our cars at the shoulder of the road and took a hiked to the Emerald Bay Overlook.

Well, enjoy these pics... :)

Tempat kitorang parking untuk bfast kt Driftwood Cafe

See the white line on the mountain there? That is the gondola trail.

Panorama view near the Corner Durjana

Lake Tahoe Im in love

Shine bright like a berlian

montot manyak sejuk maa....~~

Mereka yang telah tumpas...

Scenery at Emerald Bay Overlook
(sebenarnya kiri kanan nie ada tasik...)

INCOMING.......~~!!!!!
(at the right side of the screen)

Basically, kitorang xda smpi EMERALD BAY tu psl jalan nya ditutup.. Ak sampai dekat Overlook nya ajer.... tapi view dia mmg cantik... Kiri kanan overlook tu ada tasik... Memang worth it la lepak sini.. hehe.. Kitorang ada kt sini lebih kurang sejam lebih... Dalam kul 12:45PM, kitorang start gerak balik ke Lake Tahoe town... Ak nek kereta Dodge balik, and KK as the driver... Time taken to reach to Lake Tahoe town was about 30-40 minutes. Before we left Lake Tahoe, we stopped at 7E to buy snacks and drinks. Then we filled up the gas, "small business" and we were good to go.. 

The time was around 1PM and we took another route on the way back. If previously we took I-5 North freeway, which is much faster and easier to get to Lake Tahoe, this time we used Foothill Road.... This route is not a freeway, more like 'jalan kampung'. Along the way boleh nampak ladang2, haiwan ternakan and rumah2 kat sini jarak2.. Jalan pun x selebar laluan pertama ktorang guna.... Ak tak igt sgt apa yg berlaku waktu nie pasal ak da syok tdoq kt seat belakang... HEHEHEH!!!

Dalam pukul 5 petang baru ak tsedar, kitorang decided nak stop kat satu area.. tapi ak da lupa.. checked2 kt google maps tadi, ak boleh katakan yang kitorang stopped dekat Bishop. Jalan kt sini xda snow, tapi lagi bahaya.. Kenapa bahaya? Sebab jalan kt sini dilitupi ais.. so makin licin la... tap nasib baik ais nya xbyk.. stll boleh kawal lagi, tapi kalau silap skit boleh pusing kereta bai...~~~ Then smpi satu town nie, kitorang singgah makan malam kat kedai Italian.. ( xingat nama kedai ).. Time tu aku order Salmon... Seafood is the safest choice of foods over here.. :D

Da setel makan, turn ak plak jadi driver untuk CRUZE.... kasi Zainal relax... lama da dia drive... haha... sepanjang ak drive tu, ada la 3-4 town ak tumpang lalu.. hehe.. mostly, town nyer kecik jer.. mcm Bangi Sek 9 ke Sek 7... then xidup sgt psl da malam... tapi sbnarnya baru kul 8-9 cmtu.... waktu nie yg dlm convoy hanya CRUZE and DODGE.. MAZDA da ilang entah ke mana.... and yg lead the convoy is the DODGE.. so ak just follow jer la dworang... And then dalam kol 10 lbey tu, DODGE da tercari gas station psl da nk abis minyak.. cari 2 3 kali baru jumpa station yang boleh pump.. time dworang pump gas tu, Zainal takeover balik kereta dia, and ak move back to the DODGE car. Macam mana ak ngantuk tulih blog nie, cam tu la ak mengantuk masa tu.... (sebab tu ending post nie nmpk rushing ckit..) After that, ak teruih terlelap.... Sedar2 jer da nk smpi Candlewood Santa Ana da.. haha... Yang ak ingt ak smpai kt Candlewood Sand Canyon dalam kol 1 lbey.. haha.. so perjalanan balik tu mengambil masa sebanyak 12 jam.... Sampai jer hotel, ak teruih naik ke bilik, packing2 jap, mandi ckit... And then terjun atas katil terus... 

"It is time to sleep.. a proper sleep... ". 

Kesimpulannya? Penat memang penat, duit mmg byk guna... but the experience you gained from the trip is worth a thousand more than what you spent..

"  I have died every day 

waiting for you

Darlin' don't be afraid

I have loved you for a

Thousand years

I'll love you for a

Thousand more  "

dah kenapa....? whatever, akhirnya abis gak post untuk Lake Tahoe trip nie... Trip yang giga-awesome and cowabonga....!!!

But there are still more to come............