West coast official

Yesterday provided another absolutely beautiful drive as we left Utah and cruised through the Nevada desert and into California. We began the drive going through the Great Salt Lake Desert (magnificent), which is noted for white sand and salt deposits. 

[ The Great Salt Lake Desert ]

[ Mike goes into the desert ]

[ Dave in the desert ]

[ Dancin in the desert ]

[ Those clouds got me good ]

As we entered Nevada, we drove through more 'typical' desert scenes. 

Once we hit Reno, we stopped at a restaurant called 'Dish' for lunch, as recommended by the Food Network. I started with my desert first:

[ Chocolate cupcake with cream cheese frosting and coconut (almond joy, much?), accompanied by refreshing green tea ]

Soon after lunch, we crossed over to California!

[ Welcome well received ]

Here, we experienced another gorgeous change of scenery:

When we saw signs for Tahoe, we knew we had to check it out; just for a little bit. 

[ Tahoe ]

[ I love snail mail, and I love this post office ]

[ Beach time ]

[ Bliss ]

[ Mike and Me at Lake Tahoe ]

We finally reached our final destination for the day: Fremont, which is right outside of San Francisco. We are staying with The Chadwell's, my seafaring friend Amanda's family. We all agreed how nice it was to have a delicious home cooked meal...and to play with a dog.

[ Dave and Oliver ]

We have been very much looking forward to spending the entire day exploring San Francisco today...Golden Gate, here we come!