Today was a leisurely day. It would've been a sleep in, if a car alarm hadn't gone off outside our room at 7.30am. By the time we got going it was nearly 11am - luxury - and headed off to yet more factory shops. After about an hour in Adidas (one pair of shoes each to show for it), we were sitting in the car in the parking lot almost ready to go when the car jolted. At first I thought that it was in gear and Andrew had taken his foot off the clutch. Then I remembered that the car wasn't going and it's an auto anyway. I looked behind us and saw a car had just backed into our rear end. I jumped out and had a look - no damage done - and two old ladies hopped out of their car, with the driver stating "I'm sorry, I didn't see there was a car there".YOU DIDN'T SEE THE BRIGHT RED POSTMAN PAT VAN????!!!! How could you miss it??
She procedes to tell us, once she realised we weren't going to sue her, that she probably shouldn't be driving, as she didn't even see there was a car parked there. Ya think??!! In her tie-dyed dress leftover from the 70's, she was probably on some acid leftover from there too. Anyway, no harm done, and they were actually a bit of a laugh - "Where are you from, England?" - everyone guesses we're from England.
After lunch we wandered around Heavenly Village, and walked over the state line to the casinos for a quick flutter. Ahhhh we miss Vegas. Heavenly is full of buildings made of timber and stone - your typical Alpine ski resort look. Very pretty. You actually can't see the lake from the shops though, as there are pine trees all along the lake shore, then the road, and then the shops. When you do see the lake though, it's multiple shades of blue - very distinct colour blocks. I imagine the view from the ski slopes is amazing.
We also went for a drive up the lake away from town, on the east side, to try and get a good view. And good view we did get. It was beautiful, in my opinion better than the spot where we were told to go by the townsfolk! As the lake is so deep, it's constantly moving, so you can hear the sloshing of the water against the shore.
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Hey Pip!
Your blog has inspired me to finally start thinking seriously about Tim's wish to drive Coast-to-Coast across the US - but we'd be doing California to New York. Thereotically. I'm guessing you're heading up the west coast to Canada? What would be REALLY neat would be a map showing your progress. Your photos are amazing and I seriously want to visit some of the places. I can see what you mean too - America sure is diverse.
Enjoy your adventures!
Btw, where did you acquire the van from? We'd consider buying a motor home for the journey. It would probably save on motels and definitely on car rental!
Happy travelling,
Angela
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