Written Sunday March 05, 2006

a bit of aggravation 03-06-2006

Tags: 3 month trip tahoe

Yesterday I drove from Lone Pine, Ca (near Death Valley) up to Tahoe. There was a big storm coming in and I wanted to beat it here. I had decided to ski at Kirkwood today, so when looking for a hotel I wanted something close so I did not have to contend with snow covered roads in the morning. Well, go take a look. Just try and find lodging (that does not cost +$150 a night) on the same side of Kit Carson Pass as Kirkwood. The closest is in Jackson, CA which is far away.

My map (Rand McNally), which I am increasingly unhappy with, said there was town called Kit Carson just 5 miles from Kirkwood. Nopeā€¦. Does not exist as far as I could tell. In addition, it does not have the town of Kirkwood (where the resort is located, but does exist)on it. I think

So after much driving around, I finally just went to South Lake Tahoe. I found a nice dive-y hotel called the Pine Cone Forest Motel. $45/night. Oddly I was the only person in the motel. There were 2 benefits about this motel. 1) Out of the way on the 89 towards Emerald Bay and thus quiet. 2) The Burger Lounge. A great burger joint which serves your beer in a red plastic cup. Nothing better.

I am off to Heavenly in a few minutes. Heard I could buy discount tickets at Albertsons on the Heavenly website. Well you cannot buy them anywhere near Lake Tahoe, only outside of the valley. Do you see that highlighted anywhere on this page. Oh well!