Snippets about Lake Tahoe
• Jen Huntley, who spends part of her time in Reno and part at a family cabin in Twin Bridges, has published her first book – “The Making of Yosemite”.
• National Ski Areas Association says Vail and Heavenly have the best Skier Safety Week Programs.
• The 18th annual Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe Golf Tournament raised $39,614 during the Oct. 17 event at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course. Funds will support various programs for area youth.
• With Veterans Day approaching, it’s not just the men and women who deserve recognition. Reckless redefines what a war horse really is.
• The Springmeyer family, who owns the Highway 50 property where the decades-old amusement park was in South Lake Tahoe, has had the structures disassembled to avoid liability issues.
I miss the old amusement park. I vividly remember riding in the little cages that went round and round, then later taking my daughter to ride in them too. We always thought those funky old kiddie rides were much more fun than the modern and big ones.