And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The M.S.Dixie was a river boat dinner cruise that would loop Emerald Bay and cross Lake Tahoe. Lake Tarrrhoe ye say? Be there sunken treasure there? Arrrr....
There is a legend that there is such significant density issues in the lake that there are dead bodies that hover mid- height in the lake. Don't know, but will keep me out.
That's a complete exaggeration and fabrication. The area was creamed of Ponderosa Pine for the railroads and mines (1859 to the mid 1870s) but they had no interest in the White Fir, which was structurally inferior. That's why when the residual stand grew back it was a monocultural White Fir forest that took modern foresters more than a generation to transform into the vibrant, multi-cultural forests that exist today.
Today's foresters and loggers aren't the problem. They're the solution.
If you have not been there it is nice. There is a place there called Vikingsholms that you can visit very cool, and the little island has the reminates of an "castle" that the owner used as a tea house.
The M.S.Dixie was a river boat dinner cruise that would loop Emerald Bay and cross Lake Tahoe.
ReplyDeleteLake Tarrrhoe ye say? Be there sunken treasure there? Arrrr....
I you've never driven Highway 89 along the west side of the lake do it if you get the chance. It's a nice drive.
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ReplyDeleteThere is a legend that there is such significant density issues in the lake that there are dead bodies that hover mid- height in the lake. Don't know, but will keep me out.
ReplyDeleteBack in Mark Twain's day (ie, same time as Bonanza), there wasn't a tree to be found anywhere near Lake Tahoe.
ReplyDeleteThat's a complete exaggeration and fabrication. The area was creamed of Ponderosa Pine for the railroads and mines (1859 to the mid 1870s) but they had no interest in the White Fir, which was structurally inferior. That's why when the residual stand grew back it was a monocultural White Fir forest that took modern foresters more than a generation to transform into the vibrant, multi-cultural forests that exist today.
DeleteToday's foresters and loggers aren't the problem. They're the solution.
did you find fredo? looks like about where he "fell" out of the boat....
ReplyDeleteIf you have not been there it is nice. There is a place there called Vikingsholms that you can visit very cool, and the little island has the reminates of an "castle" that the owner used as a tea house.
ReplyDeletehttp://vikingsholm.com/
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