Minden is just south of Carson City and is located in Carson Valley.  The afternoons get VERY windy and another resident of the RV Park stopped by the first day to let us know to close our awning in the afternoons because of the wind.

The day we got here there was a fire over the hill to the south of us, we could see the flames that first evening after dark.  The fire was put out the next day but there was a lot of smoke in the air.

There were a lot of clouds along with the smoke and it make for some great pictures.  This is at sunset but looking east!

Lake Tahoe is just a short drive from where we’re staying in Minden, NV so we took a day and drove over to the lake and then drove around it.  It’s a beautiful lake surrounded by pine and fir trees.  There are a few beaches but most of the coastline is steep and rocky and a lot of people who live near the lake where it’s rocky have built private piers.

We took a few pictures, but it was an overcast day so a lot of the colors of the lake, especially around Emerald Bay, didn’t come out real clear.  But, it was a nice drive and great time for all of us!

From Hiway 50 which we took, there’s a tunnel right on the coast and when we stopped at a nearby vista point we saw the huge rock that the tunnel was carved through.  In the picture I took I put arrows next to the tunnels.