FROGMAN524
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Just got back from 5 days in Lake Tahoe, north and west shores. Drive was almost 800 miles each way, took the truck and the Suburban with friends in it. My uncle in law and his wife and kids live in Tahoe City, CA near a private beach in an HOA with it's own pier an buoy field so that made things easy with mooring the boat as it's almost impossible to find a slip or mooring ball otherwise. He has a Cobalt R5 Surf and we've got the Hallett of course so we got to exchange booze cruises and did a little wake surfing as well. Only down side is everything in Tahoe is expensive, rum runners are $16 everywhere you go, 91 on the water is $9.89 a gallon and Diesel in town is $6.89 a gallon. Parking is hard to find but you can park your truck and trailer on the street for up to 72 hours for free if you can find a spot or otherwise spend $300 a night to park at Homewood ski resort. Water was down about 6' so we had to launch at Obexers Boat Company as opposed to the north Tahoe marina ramp, the cave rock ramp or the lake forest ramp which was a cluster fuck. We left last Sunday and there was a huge fire south of Carson city that covered the entire valley in smoke and it was hard to even see the lake on our way out.
Before you launch you need to have a boat inspection done at one of 3 places and we chose the spooner location at the corner of the US-50 and the NV-28. That was $145 and is good for 7 days.
To give some perspective, my aunt in law is a realtor in Tahoe City and she says that some buoys that come with the houses on the lake can be sold separately or add value of up to $1,000,000. One 24' slip at the yacht club marina in Tahoe city just sold for $650,000. If you want a bouy for the season only, those can go for $15,000 from April to September.
Here are some pics:
Wickenburg
Boulder City
Las Vegas
BFE:
Carson City
Tahoe Vista
Kings Beach
Spooner Inspection Station
Tahoe City
In-laws’ buddy and his dog/formula
Tahoe City
Sand Harbor
Emerald Bay
Before you launch you need to have a boat inspection done at one of 3 places and we chose the spooner location at the corner of the US-50 and the NV-28. That was $145 and is good for 7 days.
To give some perspective, my aunt in law is a realtor in Tahoe City and she says that some buoys that come with the houses on the lake can be sold separately or add value of up to $1,000,000. One 24' slip at the yacht club marina in Tahoe city just sold for $650,000. If you want a bouy for the season only, those can go for $15,000 from April to September.
Here are some pics:
Wickenburg
Boulder City
Las Vegas
BFE:
Carson City
Tahoe Vista
Kings Beach
Spooner Inspection Station
Tahoe City
In-laws’ buddy and his dog/formula
Tahoe City
Sand Harbor
Emerald Bay