Lake Tahoe/Final Day

I couldn't believe how lucky we were to awake to a beautiful Saturday morning, my last full day in California. I had all my shopping done so a road trip up to Tahoe was a total bonus! Karla fired up her custom Saturn, we opened the sun-roof and off we went on our big adventure. The scenery was extra spectacular thanks to the brilliant fall leaves in hues of red, orange and yellow contrasted against the clear blue sky. We threw on some good road tunes and the trip morphed into a memorable experience for me, since this was all new territiory and I was loving it!
We broke our journey in a quaint and historical town known as Placerville (formerly known as Hangtown.) Karla knew of a popular spot for excellent home style breakys and she wasn't wrong. "Sweetie-Pies" is an old Victorian home built in 1865 that this couple has refurbished and opened as one of those places where locals gather for good food and conversation. As we waited to be seated we were handed a coffee mug and told to "help ourselves" to a cup of coffee from the two large coffee machines in the diningroom. We soon learned it's a bottomless cup and the general rule is just to keep helping yourself. Well, we did and it wasn't long before we were seated and offered the menu. The selection was nothing short of mouth watering! The house special is a four egg omlette with asparagus spears wrapped in smoked turkey and drizzled with Hollandaise sauce! Since I didn't want to send my gall bladder into conniptions I opted for the lighter fare of three scrambled eggs with melted Cheddar, home fries and a combo of sausage and bacon. Ha! Seriously, it was large enough to feed 3 people but I put a fair dent in it and enjoyed every bite! Especially the home made whole wheat toast with butter and marmalade washed down with good, strong coffee. Bwap! Let's git on the road, lil' doggie! More to come....