Lake Tahoe Family Trip!
Part 2

Julie Gimeno

4 years ago

In case you missed it, you can view Part 1 of our Lake Tahoe Family Trip HERE.

We figured out that we would be in Tahoe at the same time as our good friends, Chip & Kelly Adkins and their two boys Hunter & Parker, so we had them over for burgers and cocktails!

It was such a happy surprise to see our friends that we haven’t seen in months!

Nothing like some good conversations & laughs!

This guy loved walking around and collecting all the rocks, said he wanted to bring them home to decorate his kitchen, lol

Lots of brother snuggle time in the big brown chair!

We went hiking near our place and it was SO nice to be out in nature! We explored and tried to figure out the hiking path from a hiking app, lol

What’s a hike without a good walking stick!

Love that my boys get to have memorable experiences with their grandparents!

We wanted to have some fun out on the water so we headed to a near by beach with water rentals.

We rented a paddle boat…this was not a favorite! The water had lots of wakes and it was hard to stir the boat where we wanted it to go.

Luke was SO excited to go out on a jet ski.

I love going out on a jet ski and doing tricks. We went later in the day and the water was pretty rough so I didn’t get to do my usual tricks but we still had a blast.

Poor Ty Ty wasn’t tall enough to ride on the jet ski’s so getting dirty in the sand entertained him.

On our last day we scheduled to go down the Truckee River in river rafts. It’s a tame river so it’s fine to go on with young children. It’s about a 2-3 hour ride down the river, it depends on how long you stop for. The lake is mostly 2-3 feet deep. We loved it!

Each family gets their own private boat to ride in.

The boys had a blast, highly recommend this fun adventure!

This boy has me wrapped around his finger!

Our “captain!” When we went through the last rapid, our boat got stuck and Jason had to get out of the boat and get us going again. Thank goodness the rapids weren’t too crazy.

It’s so fun to be able to walk all over the river and stand. Water shoes are great for this kind of activity. I highly recommend bring along some Truly Lemonade for the adults to enjoy out on the boat :-).

Luke loved exploring and feeding the ducks.

Headed for some rapids! Look at big brother protecting his little brother!

After the rapids, we went to visit with my friend Shannon that I went to UofA with and we were in Pi Phi sorority together too. I haven’t seen her in 5 years since we went to her wedding in Lake Tahoe and it was so nice to visit and meet her daughter, McKenna.