South Lake Tahoe - Echo lake 7/22/0 0.2 miles : )

It felt good this morning to wake up with our chores taken car of. We decided that since we didn't get to see much of Tahoe yesterday that we would take it easy and be tourists today. Ate a ridiculous amount of continental breakfast, got our last good hot showers for a few days, packed up and caught the BlueGo bus to shopping and casinos. Didn't have exact change for the bus (still getting used to this type of transportation) and a super nice passenger covered our $3. We keep randomly meeting such nice folks willing to go out their way to do favors. I love it! We mad our way down to the "Heavenly Shopping Center." Oh, how I have missed a little shopping. We went in Patagonia and Chris tried on some vests. He also looked for some new shoes since his Asolos were failing him, but no luck this time. I bought some souvenirs and postcards for my family. We then made our way to the casino, just a step into Nevada. We walked around inside and of course stuck out like a soar thumb : ) Bar time for a drink. I had the bartender give me a preview of how the place worked. Gambling equals free drinks. here we come penny slot machines! WE stayed for about an hour and I realized that I was really bored. Went to the post office and then caught the BlueGo bus for Sushi. Began our hitch and got quickly picked up by a really nice couple, Margie and Steve, who just so happened to be already stopped, making a phone call. Had a really nice ride with them to Echo Lake. They were awesome trail angels and even gave us their number to call if we ever needed anything! We then began walking to the resort parking lot. It was now 7:30pm and we chatted with some new faces, Alien March, Jim Beam and others. We walked up to the top of the lake and camped there. We had such a fun day, with no guilt involved due to our lack of mileage. -KB