
Protect Tahoe
๐๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐. A mystical lake so beautiful that Apollo sends his sun to shine upon it 280 days a year. The suns rays make the Crystal waters dance with most amazing shades of blue. So blue, that the sky looks down upon it in both reverence and envy. This magical lake sits high up in the mountains surrounded by ancient forest. Where the trees emit the most aromatic smell of pine one will ever have the pleasure to encounter. The air is so crisp and clean that it fills your entire body, like a warm hug from an old friend. Lake Tahoe, the lake that is so beautiful upon its creation Satan himself paused and took awe in what God had made.
Indeed ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐. Standing upon its shores for the first time can be emotional. One feels a soul connection to it. Itโs as if your soul knows this place and you wonder how you had ever gone without it and know you never want to again. Then you feel it, you feel that magical moment. And it is in that moment you experience a calm. You donโt know how, or why, but you just know everything is going to be ok. ๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ค, ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐จ๐คโ That is the magic of Lake Tahoe.
I would like to extend my sincere thanks and gratitude to ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ก๐จ๐.
In homage to this Great Lake here are some fantastic facts about Lake Tahoe.
๐๐๐ก๐จ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ:
๐๐ ๐: ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง-๐ข๐ฌ๐ก
โค Lake Tahoe is an ancient lake. How ancient? Very. In fact Itโs the the 16th oldest lake in the world.
๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ฌ: 4
โค thatโs right. Tahoe wasnโt always Tahoe. Lake Bonpland, Mountain Lake & Lake Bigler were its predecessors. In fact Lake Tahoe wasnโt the official name until 1945.
๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐: height 275 feet
โค a tree named General Sherman has a girth of 83 feet (hold the thatโs what she said comments) and a height
of 275.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฌ: 1
โค Secret Cove is the only โofficialโ nude beach.
๐๐๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐: Average sightings 6 p/yr
โค Iโm comparison The LochNess Monster only receives 2.
๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ก: 3.33 billion
โค that makes Tahoe 39 trillion gallons
๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ก: 1645 ft.
โค tahoe ranks the 2nd deepest freshwater lake in the U.S. the deepest alpine lake and 8th deepest lake in the world.
๐๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐: 72 miles circumference
โค 116 km for all you britts
๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐: 284 days per year
โค thatโs right. A staggering 75% of the year is all sun.
๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ: 2
โค Tahoe is 1/3 in Nevada and 2/3 in California. You can straddle the state line at Frank Sinatraโs original CalNeva resort.
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ: - 15 million
โค thatโs a 340% increase of people flowing into Tahoe from the local population.
๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ: - 7052
โค That means on the Nevada side there are 111 slot machines per square mile.
๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฌ: over 120
โค Including The Godfather 2 filmed In the beautiful Westshore.
๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฌ: 1
โค 1960 Winter Olympics. The Squaw Olympics were the 1st games to be televised.
๐๐ง๐จ๐ฐ: 125 inches.
โค thatโs over 10โ at lake level. You think thatโs a lot itโs a staggering 600โ on the ski slopes. Thatโs 50 โthatโs a lot of snow
๐๐ค๐ข ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ: 8,800 acres
โคSpeaking if the slopes there are more ski lifts in the Tahoe Basin than in the entire state of Colorado.
Please be safe and pray for our firefighters who are working so hard to protect Tahoe.
Shown: rare 1941 travel map of Lake Tahoe. Mounted on a slatted wood frame.
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