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JULY 15-21, 2020 FEATURES

THE SEARCH FOR UNCLE WARD FROM THE PUBLISHER

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It’s been frustrating and challenging the last few months adapting to closures, shortages, delays, shelter in place orders, face masks, physical distancing, working remotely or not working at all. Let’s be honest – it sucks. As my 7-year-old nephew says, “I hate the coronavirus.” I completely agree.

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I’ve been trying to find joy in little things – texts from my friends, happy hour on Facetime, local art, acts of kindness, our local community, outings with my nephew. Still, sometimes it just sucks.

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But, my spirits have been lifted after spending the last few weeks on the hunt for a historic marker to James Edward Church, the Father of Snow Surveying, that’s been missing. In fact, it turns out that Uncle Ward (as his family calls him) has been missing for 10 years.

Historian Mark McLaughlin recently wrote a two-part series on Church (available at TheTahoeWeekly.com). Knowing that a historic marker to Church sat next to Fanny Bridge in Tahoe City, I thought I would include that information in the story. However, when I went to look for the monument to give an accurate description to its location, it was nowhere to be found.

Perplexed, I contacted Mark, who also swore it was next to Fanny Bridge and also made a trip to investigate. He couldn’t locate it either. The following week I returned once again determined to cover the entire area of town surrounding where the marker was supposed to be and find it. Both Mark and I have taken photos of the monument, so we knew we weren’t crazy. More than an hour of walking every corner of Fanny Bridge, the Lake Tahoe Dam, the Tahoe City bike trail and the William B. Layton park turned up nothing.

I returned to the office and began doing research. It was missing and I was now on a mission. Fortuitously, I soon a received a call from one of Uncle Ward’s relatives, Lisa Rajigah. They had read Mark’s story in the Tahoe Weekly and were also looking for the monument. It had been moved about 10 years ago for safekeeping during work near the bridge, but never returned, Lisa told me.

Fortunately, members of our tight-knit community gave me some leads and I contacted the Tahoe City Public Utility District. They weren’t aware of the monument, but within 24 hours of my email, they had scoured their storage and found Uncle Ward. They were as surprised as I was to discover him so quickly.

Uncle Ward is currently being cleaned, but the next question will be where and when can Uncle Ward be returned to his home.

His family is determined to see him returned to his home near Fanny Bridge and would like to have a rededication ceremony, and I agree.

During these challenging times, it’s easy to get caught up in our own problems.

But, it’s just as important to remember those that came before us and their contributions to our community, our region and the world – Church’s method for snow surveying was adopted around the world.

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on the cover Monkeys in Tahoe. Well, at least on the Flume Trail on Lake Tahoe’s East Shore. Enjoy the panaromic views on the trail to Monkey Rock.

Read Kathryn Reed’s feature in this edition.

Photography by Paul Hamill | PaulHamillPhotography.com, @PaulHamillPhotos

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About 3 to 5 million years ago, the valley that would become the Tahoe Basin sank between parallel fractures in the Earth’s crust as the mountains on either side continued to rise. A shallow lake began to form in the resulting valley.

Roughly 2 to 3 million years ago, erupting volcanoes blocked the outlet, forcing the lake to rise hundreds of feet above its current elevation, and eventually eroded down to near its current outlet.

Between 1 million and 20,000 years ago, large masses of glacial ice covered the west side of the Tahoe Basin. Current geologic theory suggests an earthen berm (moraine) left by a receding glacier near Olympic Valley acted as a dam, causing the lake level to rise and then draw down rapidly when the dam catastrophically failed. Between

7,000 and 15,000 years ago, a four-mile segment of the West Shore collapsed into the Lake causing a massive submerged debris avalanche, widening the Lake by three miles and creating McKinney Bay.1 The Tahoe Basin is mostly granite, with little topsoil, and therefore few nutrients have washed into the lake to promote the growth of algae and other organisms that make water murky.

As well, 40 percent of the precipitation falling into the Tahoe Basin lands directly on the lake. The remaining precipitation drains through the decomposed granite soil found in marshes and meadows, creating a good filtering system for water.

Urbanization of the Tahoe Basin has eliminated 75 percent of its marshes, 50 percent of its meadows and 35 percent of its steam zone habitats. About 85 percent of all wildlife in the Tahoe Basin use these habitats.

Lake Tahoe has a surface area of 191 square miles. If Lake Tahoe were emptied, it would submerge California under 15 inches of water.

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LAKE TAHOE

Number of Visitors: 15 million annually

Shoreline: 72 miles

FREEL PEAK

TAHOE PARADISE

Permanent Population: 66,000

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Lake Tahoe sits at an average elevation of between 6,223’ and 6,229.1’. The top 6.1’ of water is controlled by the dam in Tahoe City and holds up to 744,600 acre feet of water.

Lake Tahoe is as long as the English Channel is wide.

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Watershed Area: 312 square miles Emerald Bay

There is enough water in Lake Tahoe to supply everyone in the United States with more than 75 gallons of water per day for 5 years.

Size: 22 miles long, 12 miles wide

Age of Lake Tahoe: 2 million years

Average Water Temperature: 42.1˚F

Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. (Crater Lake in Oregon, at 1,932 feet, is the deepest), and the 11th deepest in the world.

Natural rim: 6,223’

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About the lake Lake Tahoe is located in the states of California and Nevada, with two-thirds in California. It is fed by 63 streams and two hot springs.

The Truckee River is Tahoe’s only outlet and flows from the dam in Tahoe City east through Reno and eventually drains into Pyramid Lake in the Nevada desert.

However, water releases are not permitted when the lake surface level falls below the natural rim at 6,223.’ The lowest lake level on record (measured since 1900) was 6,220.26’ on Nov. 30, 1992.

The Lake of the Sky appears blue in color as other colors in the light spectrum are absorbed and blue light is scattered back.

Lake clarity The University of California, Davis, operates the Tahoe Environmental Resarch Center, which monitors, among other

things, the clarity of Lake Tahoe. Clarity has been measured since 1968 and was first recorded at 102.4’.

The waters of Lake Tahoe were clear to an average depth of 62.7 in 2019. The lowest average depth on record was 64.1’ in 1997. Lake Tahoe is losing clarity because of algae growth fueled by nitrogen and phosphorus.

Lake Tahoe’s discovery The first recorded discovery of Lake Tahoe by white explorers was on Feb. 14, 1844, when John Charles Frémont and Charles Preuss spotted the lake from atop Red Lake Peak. The lake went through several names before it was officially named Tahoe in 1945.

Tahoe is a mispronunciation of the first two syllables of the Washoe’s word for the lake – Da ow a ga, which means “edge of the lake.” 

Learn more: Visit the Tahoe Science Center in Incline Village or tahoesciencecenter.org. Sources: Tahoe Environmental Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, “Tahoe Place Names” and David Antonucci (denoted by 1).

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Truckee Museum of History opens S TO RY & P H OTO S BY P R I YA H UT N E R

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he town of Truckee is rich in history.

Prehistoric nomadic tribes once summered in locations around Truckee. These tribes are believed to be ancestors of the Washoe, Maidu and Paiute tribes. In 1866, the first white emigrants settled in the area.

A new Museum of Truckee History recently opened in the train depot in downtown Truckee to illuminate the town’s rich history. The project is a collaborative effort of Truckee-Donner Historical Society and Truckee Donner Railroad Society. The two organizations and a host of volunteers have spent years of hard work and research to bring Museum of Truckee History to life.

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since the train started rolling in 1868.”

–Greg Zirbel

The exhibit also provides a glimpse into Charles McGlashan’s legacy of winter sports in Truckee. The Great Truckee Ice Carnival featured cross-country and shortdistance ski jumping and tobogganing.

The opening of the museum was initially planned for May 10 on the 151st anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad, but due to the pandemic, the opening was

“In a world with more spends than sends, sometimes you just have to say, ‘Huck, Yeah!,” according to Matchstick.

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When the Truckee Chamber of Commerce outgrew its space in The Depot, the historical societies knew they had found a home for the museum. It took six months to renovate the space.

A model of Boca Brewery.

display that examines the lives of Native Americans who lived in the area. The life of the Chinese immigrants who worked on the railroad is also exhibited.

Zirbel walked me through the railway exhibit, which examines the railroad’s history. Maps and model trains depict the stories and glimpses of passengers past and present.

Exhibits highlight the history of the lumber and timber industry, which was

Wildcreek Golf Course reopens LEFT TO RIGHT: 1888 rail road map display in the

I met Greg Zirbel, president of TruckeeDonner Historical Society, for a tour of the museum, which is housed in original depot built in 1901.

“It’s been a train stop since the train started rolling in 1868,” said Zirbel, who is excited to finally finish the project.

There are nine exhibits in the museum that take visitors on a journey back in time.

Each display has a 27-inch touchscreen monitor that offers a slice of Truckee history.

When you enter the museum, the first room is the trainmaster’s office. This room features furniture and artifacts from the original depot, including a potbelly stove from 1901. Each exhibit depicts a different era of Truckee history. There is a

a vital industry in Truckee in the 19th Century. Tools and ice picks from that era hang on the wall. Visitors will be able to learn about Truckee’s ice industry and ice production that occurred from 1863 to 1926. A video from that period shows men cutting blocks of ice. There is also an exhibit that features the history of Boca Brewery that was established in 1876.

The brewery changed the beer industry in California.

For ski and winter sports enthusiasts, there is an exhibit that explores the humble beginnings of winter sports in Truckee.

“There was the ice-skating rink and the ice palace that burned down in 1914,” said Zirbel.

museum; Greg Zirbel rings the train bell; Winter in Truckee, circa 1907 | Courtesy Mark McLaughlin

put on hold until the first week in July.

The museum will be open Thursdays to Mondays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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The Old Jail Museum on Jibboom Street and Caboose Museum located in the Depot parking lot will continue to be open on a limited basis as part of the historical society. | truckeehistory.org, truckeedonnerrailroadsociety.com 

Wildcreek Golf Course in Sparks, Nev., has reopened with a family-friendly Executive 9 and the Creek Six, a quick and fun way to get in a full-golf experience over lunch or after work.

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There is one Par 3, one Par 5 and four Par 4s that with multiple tee positions can give players an 18-hole track measuring between 5,500 and 6,700 yards old favorites in a different configuration adds up to a par 72 for 18 holes. All tee times will be first-come, first-served. | wildcreekgolf.org 5

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Explore Tahoe

South Lake Tahoe

(530) 542-2908 | cityofslt.us Urban Trailhead at base of Heavenly Gondola with local exhibits and programs. South Tahoe

Fannette Island

Emerald Bay

(530) 541-3030 | parks.ca.gov Lake Tahoe’s only island is located in Emerald Bay & is home to an old tea house. Boat access only. (Closed Feb. 1-June 15 for nesting birds.)

TART/South Tahoe

Heavenly

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Tallac Historic Site

South Lake Tahoe

(530) 541-5227 | tahoeheritage.org Once known as the “Grandest Resort in the World” as the summer retreat for three San Francisco elite families with the Baldwin Estate, Pope Estate & Valhalla. Grounds open yearround. South Tahoe South Lake Tahoe

North Shore

North Lake Tahoe Demonstration Garden

Incline Village

Summer | Free (775) 586-1610, ext. 25 | demogarden.org Demonstrations of lake-friendly landscaping using native and adaptive plants, water conservation, soil stabilization techniques, defensible space from wildfires & BMPs. Self-guided tours & clinics. TART

North Tahoe Arts Center

Tahoe City

(530) 581-2787 | northtahoearts.com Featuring exhibits of work by local artists and works for sale by local artists. TART

Tahoe Art REOPENS JULY 18 League Gallery

South Lake Tahoe

(530) 544-2313 | talart.org Featuring local artists, workshops. South Tahoe

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5 DONNER 4,690 CCAPACITY: 9,500 donnersummithistoricalsociety.org At the corner of Old Hwy 40 & Soda Springs 8 INDEPENDENCE 1,3763 CCAPACITY: 18,300 Rd. 20-mile interpretive driving tour along Old 40. TART A 20,400 40 MARTIS 1,052 CAPACITY:

Gatekeeper’s Museum

Tahoe City

Truckee River | FLOW AT FARAD 700 (530) 583-1762 | northtahoemuseums.org Featuring historic photos, the Steinbach Indian Basket Museum and historical memorabilia. TART

KidZone Children’s OPENING TBD Museum

Incline Village

Tues.-Fri. & by appt. | Free (775) 881-7566 | tahoesciencecenter.org University of California, Davis, science education center at Sierra Nevada College. Exhibits include a virtual research boat, biology lab, 3D movies and docent-led tours. Ages 8+. TART

Truckee Railroad Museum OPENING TBD

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Truckee

Sat.-Sun. & holidays truckeedonnerrailroadsociety.com Learn about the historic railroad. Located in a caboose next to the Truckee Depot. TART

Truckee

Tues.-Sun. | Locals’ first Tues. half price (530) 587-5437 | kidzonemuseum.org Interactive exhibits, science & art classes for kids up to age 7. BabyZone & Jungle Gym. TART

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Kings Beach Kings Beach State Rec. Area (Thurs.-Mon., July-Aug.)

Incline Village 969 Tahoe Blvd. (800) 468-2463 East Shore

Truckee

northtahoebusiness.org Kings Beach is a popular spot for dining and shopping with the North Shore’s largest sandy beach located in the heart of town. Free parking at North Tahoe Beach, Brook Street, Minnow and the Christmas Tree lot on Hwy. 28. TART

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Thunderbird Lodge CLOSED

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Kings Beach

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Donner Summit 2 PROSSER Historical 11,061 SocietyCAPACITY: 29,840

(530) 541-5458 | laketahoemuseum.org Features Washoe artifacts and exhibits on early industry and settlers. South Tahoe

Parking fee | parks.ca.gov (530) 525-7232 Park | (530) 583-9911 Tours Sugar Pine Point State Park is home to the historic Ehrman Mansion (summer tours), see boathouses with historic boats and General Phipps Cabin built in the late 1800s. TART

(800) 403-0206 | squawalpine.com Aerial tram rides with views of Lake Tahoe, Olympic Heritage Museum, events and more.

Ticket required. TART

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(530) 543-2674 | fs.usda.gov Features Stream Profile Chamber to view slice of Taylor Creek, nature trails & more. South Tahoe

May-October | thunderbirdtahoe.org The former Whittell estate. This magnificent lakefront home features the Lighthouse Room, Old Lodge, 600’ underground tunnel (with a former lion cage) and Boat House, home to the “Thunderbird,” a 1939 wooden boat. Ages 6+ only.

No on-site parking. Tours by reservation only.

Olympic Valley

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Summer | (530) 583-3279 | terc.ucdavis.edu This 1920s-era building features a history of the field station, current UC Davis research projects, interactive exhibits and demonstration garden. Ages 8+. TART

Taylor Creek Visitor Center South Lake Tahoe

(775) 586-7000 | skiheavenly.com Enjoy a 2.4-mile ride on the gondola to the top with panoramic views. Ticket required. South Tahoe

Hellman-Ehrman Mansion

Tahoe City Field Station

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Eagle Rock, one of the lake’s famous natural sites, is a volcanic plug beside Highway 89 on the West Shore. Trail to top is on the south side. TART

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visittahoecity.com Popular for shopping and dining with historical sites. At the junction of hwys 89 & 28, visitors may see the Tahoe City Dam, Lake Tahoe’s only outlet, and Fanny Bridge. Peer into Watson Cabin (1909) for a glimpse at pioneer life. Free parking at Commons Beach, Grove St., Jackpine St. and 64 acres at Hwys 89 & 28. TART

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Eagle Rock

North Shore

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Drive through one of the area’s natural wonders at Cave Rock, the neck of an old volcano.

The area is named for the small caves above Highway 50 that were cut by waves when Lake Tahoe was 200 feet higher during the ice ages.

Tahoe City

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The panoramic view from the summit of Castle Peak on Donner Summit is hard to beat. | Angela Milash

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truckeehistory.org | truckee.com Settled in 1863, Truckee grew quickly as a stagecoach stop and route for the Central Pacific Railroad. During these early days, many historical homes and buildings were built including The Truckee Hotel (1868) and the Capitol Building (1868). Stop by the Depot for a walking tour of historic downtown. Paid parking downtown. TART

Vikingsholm Castle

Emerald Bay

Truckee

Thurs.-Mon. | (530) 582-0893 | truckeehistory.org Housed in the original Depot, built in 1901. Exhibits cover different eras in Truckee history. TART

Old Jail Museum

Truckee

Open by appt. | (530) 659-2378 | truckeehistory.org One of a few surviving 19th Century jailhouses used from 1875 until May 1964 (summer tours). TART

Olympic Museum OPENING TBD

Olympic Valley

(800) 403-0206 | squawalpine.com Squaw Valley, host of the VIII Winter Olympic Games in 1960, celebrates its Olympic History with the Tower of Nations with its Olympic Flame and the symbolic Tower of the Valley at the entrance to the valley. The Olympic Museum at High Camp features historic memorabilia and photographs. TART

Stateline 169 Hwy. 50 (775) 588-4591 Tahoe City 100 N. Lake Blvd. (530) 581-6900 Truckee 10065 Donner Pass Rd. (Depot) (530) 587-8808 U.S. Forest Service | Incline Village 855 Alder Ave. (775) 831-0914 (Wed.-Fri.)

U.S. Forest Service | South Lake Tahoe 35 College Dr. (530) 543-2600

U.S. Forest Service | Tahoe City 3080 N. Lake Blvd. (530) 583-3593 (Fridays)

U.S. Forest Service | Truckee 10811 Stockrest Springs Rd. (530) 587-3558

TRANSIT North Tahoe & Truckee (TART) | laketahoetransit.com South Tahoe | tahoetransportation.org

Parking fee | (530) 541-3030 | (530) 525-9529 ADA parks.ca.gov or vikingsholm.com Tour the grounds of Vikingsholm Castle (summer), see Eagle Falls and Fannette Island (the Lake’s only island), home to an old Tea House. TART/South Tahoe

Watson Cabin

Tahoe City

(530) 583-1762 | northtahoemuseums.org Watson Cabin, built by Robert Watson and his son in 1909, is the oldest building in Tahoe City and on the National Register of Historic Places. (summer tours). TART

MUSEUMS Donner Memorial Visitor Center

Truckee

(530) 582-7892 | parks.ca.gov The Donner Memorial State Park features exhibits and artifacts on the Donner Party (184647) at the visitor center, and see the towering Pioneer Monument. TART

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PA N O R A M I C V I E W S F R O M

MONKEY ROCK

The view south along the Pacific Crest from Andesite Peak.

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A monkey in Tahoe?

Yes, with just a small amount of doubt, it might have been a gorilla. Monkey Rock, the stone-faced creature has one of the best views of Lake Tahoe from the Spooner back country. He was a little rough to touch, but docile. I think he was male. I didn’t look. It was just a feeling I got.

I’m not sure how long he has been watching over Tahoe from Incline Village, Nev. Years, though. How did he get there? Well, legend has it the granite rock always had a look about it that resembled a gorilla.

The eye and mouth are distinct. Then some guy took a chisel or the like to the rock to make the nostrils and ears. While normally I’m a staunch advocate of not defacing what Mother Nature has created, this goes down as one of those exceptions.

Monkey Rock.

Looking southwest across Lake Tahoe from the rocks surrounding Monkey Rock.

THE TRAIL Easy | 2.5 miles roundtrip East Shore

Monkey Rock looks over Incline Village, Nev., on the East Shore of Lake Tahoe.

The rock is captivating.

It’s a relatively easy 2.5-mile roundtrip trek from the East Shore Trail parking area next to Tunnel Creek in Incline. Much of the route is an old road; it’s wide enough for social distancing. What people will need to learn when hiking is to go single file when passing. This will keep all of us safe.

While this section is the end of the famous Flume Trail, few cyclists were coming down.

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It’s possible to make a bit of a loop out of a section of the trail. Instead of going up the first route on the left, go straight a little longer. It will be easier to come down this straight mostly single-track route than going up it. And if your knees are an issue, go up and down the wider, less steep route. That route is up a bit farther; from the start it’s the second left.

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If Monkey Rock isn’t enough to entice you, the views will. The scenery is stunning from the get-go.

At the next trail intersection, go up to the left at an angle toward the rocks. Monkey Rock is on the north side. A handful of user-created trails go to the rock. The best photo ops are from farther away.

I was able to essentially lean against this guy with my body dwarfing his.

If Monkey Rock isn’t enough to entice you, the views will. The scenery is stunning from the get-go.

At first, the route parallels the Tahoe East Shore Trail, only this one is higher so the sprawling blue waters of Lake Tahoe are even more impressive. The curvy shoreline of the East Shore is evident. Plenty of snow in late May still topped the mountains across the lake. The rocks around Monkey Rock are

a bit higher than his perch. It’s a panoramic view of most of the lake, with pools of emerald near the shore in places.

The trail is part of Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park and there is a $2 per person fee to enter. Dogs on leashes are welcome. The elevation gain was 445 feet from 6,337 feet to 6,766 feet. 

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JACKSON MEADOWS Jackson Meadows Reservoir.

RESERVOIR

C YC L E PAS T M O U N TA I N P E A K S & PINE FORESTS S TO RY A N D P H OTO S BY T I M H AU S E R M A N

f it wasn’t for that one little thing, the 34-mile out-and-back to Jackson

Ride past wildflowers, meadows and beautiful pine forests including some enormous Jeffrey

Meadows Reservoir would be one of my favorite road bike rides in the Tahoe Sierra. The road is lightly traveled; you ride past wildflowers, meadows and beautiful pine forest including some enormous Jeffrey pines and you get a pretty good workout with a nice combination of gentle ups and downs that add up to more than 2,200 feet of ascent. The destination is a lovely mountain lake without any homes along the shoreline.

pines and you get a pretty good workout with a nice combination of gentle ups and downs.

THE RIDE Moderate-strenuous 34 miles roundtrip

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WHAT WAS THAT ONE LITTLE THING? On the first 9 miles, the road to Jackson Meadows has hundreds of expansion-crack divots. While not big enough to toss you from your bike, they do make for a jarring and frustrating ride. Anyone want to fix the road?

The ride begins at Jackson Meadows Road, which is 14 miles north of Truckee on Highway 89. As the road climbs up a knoll and turns right, the turnoff is on the left side just across from a slow car pullout.

There is a turn lane. A large parking lot is available just after you turn off. Ride from here.

The first 5 miles is a mix of gentle ups and downs paralleling Perazzo Meadows, a wide expanse bordering Little Truckee River that lies below. Mount Lola highlights the mountainous backdrop to the south.

Keep your eyes peeled for a particularly humongous pine just off the road to the left. Eventually, the climb gets steeper, giving you more time to enjoy the wave of color from the wildflowers next to the roadside, including orange paint brush, various types of purple lupine, yellow buttercups and even the delicate white rein orchid.

At 8 miles you roll through a lush meadow area with Webber Lake on its southern rim. You pass a large estate with a helicopter pad on your right before the last climb to the top of Henness Pass. The road changes its name at Webber Lake to Henness Pass Road, but it’s the same route.

Just about the time you reach the pass you realize: “Hey, those dang bumps are gone.” Good thing, because now you have about 6 miles of downhill, including a fairly steep section for the last 2 miles.

Keep going straight past the Pacific Crest Trail and several campgrounds to reach the reservoir.

Jackson Meadows is a beautiful, deep-blue lake bordered by Sierra mountains. It feels more like a lake than the other sandy bath-tub reservoirs north of Truckee. When we arrived at noon midweek, just before the 4th of July, we didn’t see any motorboats out and about; a few fishermen were casting from the shoreline or floating offshore looking to catch the rainbow and brown trout that reside in the lake. We were passed by quite a few mega RVs pulling boats and assorted other toys, however, so I imagine on the weekends the place is bustling.

A half mile of pleasant, level riding along the lakeshore brings you to the dam. Be sure to check out the water release below the dam where water shoots out of what looks like the world’s biggest fire hose into the Middle Fork of the Yuba River. At the dam you also get a nice view of the Sierra Buttes, which look exceptionally pointy from this angle. If you continue over the dam and take on a short climb above the lake you will be on your way shortly to the little Jackson Meadow Camp Store.

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Dam release from Jackson Meadows Reservoir.

Hopefully you have saved enough energy, because the return route up those first few miles is pretty steep. Once you reach Webber Lake, the rest of the route will fly by. Experienced road riders will comfortably do the ride in less than three hours.

There are several campgrounds in the areas, as well, if you want to make it an overnight trip.

Reservoir and Webber Lake. The lake is a great turnaround point, which allows a swim before returning.

The ride can also be completed from the campground, allowing you to start with a climb. If you leave from the campground you can also ride as far as you like and then turn around and head back to the lake for a swim.

PROS OF THIS RIDE

CONS OF THIS RIDE

Beautiful meadows with wildflowers, mountain views and a peaceful forest. Lightly traveled road composed primarily of campers at Jackson Meadows

The expansion cracks in the road are jarring and take away from the riding experience. Heavy duty gloves are recommended to ease the impact on your hands. A mountain bike would handle the bumps, but it’s a long way on pavement to ride a mountain bike. A cross bike with suspension might be the perfect alternative. The road is fairly narrow and the most common traffic is a large RV or pickup truck pulling a boat, so listen carefully and prepare to stay far to the right. | fs.usda.gov 

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Tom Logan: R I S E A N D FA L L O F A W E S T E R N L AW M A N , PA R T I S TO RY & P H OTO S BY M A R K M c L AU G H L I N

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popular stop on a scenic drive around Lake Tahoe is Logan Shoals Vista Point near historic Glenbrook on Nevada’s beautiful East Shore. This overlook is easily accessible by a short stroll off Highway 50 where locals, tourists and wedding photographers appreciate the stunning views.

The shoals below were formed by sediment loading from nearby Logan Creek, but the history behind the family name ascribed to this location is not well known.

Interpretive plaques at Logan Shoals Vista Point rightly inform visitors about the Washoe Indians who summered at Lake Tahoe for thousands of years. Over millennia, the tribe had respected the bounty of the land and water and treated it as such, with minimal environmental impact on the region. Starting in 1860, however, the Tahoe Sierra was ravaged in less than 50 years, exploited by gold seekers, timber barons,

Robert and Mary Logan, along with investor-manager Wellington Stewart, opened the two-story Logan House on a bluff overlooking the lake in the summer of 1864 commercial fishing enterprises and resort entrepreneurs who also privatized much of the property in the second half of the 19th Century. Even so, by the early 1900s Lake Tahoe had become an increasingly popular summer destination. But who was the person the shoals were named after?

This story is about Tom Logan, a respected frontier Nevada lawman, but it was his parents, Carson Valley ranchers Robert and Mary Logan, who established the Logan House hotel at Lake Tahoe. In July 1863, the couple took a chance and purchased a choice 640-acre parcel at the alpine lake from local miner George E. Pierson. The land had impressive views, timber stands

View from Logan Shoals Vista Point.

and lake frontage. The $1,500 they paid for it was considered expensive at the time.

To help build and run the hotel at the lake, the Logans entered into a partnership with Carson Valley Justice of the Peace Wellington Stewart.

At the time, the Lake Tahoe Basin was being decimated by commercial logging companies who provided finished lumber and bulk cordwood to the mining operations on the Comstock Lode. Fallen timber was dragged down the mountain slope by sweaty teams of grunting oxen and cattle, while armies of lumbermen swarmed through the rapidly diminishing forest.

With noisy sawmills belching smoke 24 hours a day, and spirited lumberjacks getting drunk at night, the lake was not considered a family-friendly destination.

But with the new Bigler Toll Road (Highway 50) passing by his hostelry, Robert Logan was confident he’d make the money back in no time. Robert and Mary, along with investor-manager Wellington Stewart, opened the two-story Logan House on a bluff overlooking the lake in the summer of 1864. It was a time of optimism in the territory as the silver and gold mines were thriving and freight and stage traffic were increasing. Mining is a boom and bust enterprise, but in the early 1860s money was flowing. During the summer of 1864, Nevada prepared a new constitution for statehood and on Oct.

31 Nevada entered the Union as the 36th state. Despite its lack of population, confirmation for statehood was expeditiously granted by President Abraham Lincoln — just in time for Nevadans to enthusiastically support the Republican’s re-election.

Logan House was among the first commercial teamster and tourist hostelries built at Lake Tahoe. Teamsters, miners and anyone else bound for Virginia City and the Comstock mines traveled this busy transSierra route from Placerville through South Lake Tahoe. There was a fancier way station nearby in the Glenbrook meadow, so the Logan’s charged their customers a reduced rate of $15 per week, $6 less than the Glenbrook operation. They weren’t shooting for the upper-crust traveler; rather their intended patrons were on the lower economic rung — mostly wagon drivers and travelers on foot. They advertised fine dining, fishing and sailing and dazzling views from nearby Cave Rock, the Washoe Indians’ spiritual center at Lake Tahoe.

Business was brisk at Logan House that first summer, but trouble cropped up when the Douglass County tax assessor appeared demanding delinquent tariffs. To delay foreclosure, Stewart assumed another mortgage and they began selling off sections of their holdings. The tax burden was still too much for the fledgling enterprise to handle, and in 1866 Logan House and its remaining assets were sold to Henry M. Yerington. Yerington was a timber baron and future superintendent of Virginia & Truckee Railroad. The land was logged, and Logan House left to decay. By the 1880s, the dilapidated building was known as the ghost hotel where local children went to play.

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Thomas W. Logan was born in Franktown, Nevada Territory, on May 29, 1861, three years before the Logan House fiasco.

Franktown was an early hamlet in Washoe Valley, southwest of present-day Reno. Tom was the first of what would become a family of seven children, six of which were boys.

Once the hostelry went bust in 1866, Robert and Mary tried their luck in the Silver State, chasing dreams in fleeting boomtowns such as Pioche, Belmont and Austin. By 1871 the growing Logan family was living in the Moapa Valley, about 60 miles northeast of the future site of Las Vegas. They led a simple frontier existence; everyone was tucked into a one-room adobe house with a dirt floor.

Typical for rural communities in western U.S. states and territories at the time, the children were homeschooled by their parents.

A blackboard was nailed to a nearby cottonwood tree where lessons were taught in the shade of its canopy. Mary even found time to become postmistress of what became known as Logandale. Robert spent several years as a well-respected justice of the peace in the town; he stood against injustice. It was a trait he engrained into his children.

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She accomplished a great deal in her lifetime, but for much of it she suffered from frail health. She died in 1882 at age 38, six months after giving birth to her seventh child. Soon after her passing, widowed husband Robert hired attractive 23-year-old Hannah Hamblin to cook, clean and help raise the kids. At this point, life became interesting for 21-year-old Tom. Stay tuned for Part II in the next edition and at TheTahoeWeekly.com.  Tahoe historian Mark McLaughlin is a nationally published author and professional speaker. His award-winning books are available at local stores or at thestormking.com. You may reach him at mark@ thestormking.com.

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Black Ice Theatre Co. is developing a new fundraiser anthology play called “The Identity Chronicles” comprised of mostly monologues and multimedia clips. Submissions of original monologues centered around one event, idea or moment that shaped you into the person you are today are welcome — divorce, religion, gender reassignment, a trip. It can be any topic, but it must be true.

Monologue should be no more than 5 minutes and any genre is welcome. The submission deadline has been extended to Sept. 1. There is no submission fee and no pay; details online. Email submissions to info@blackicetheatreco.com. | blackicetheatreco.com

Tahoe Art League extends spring art show Tahoe Art League’s art show “Black, white, and a hint of…” had just opened in March when the gallery was forced to close due to concerns with the spread of Coronavirus.

It was decided when the gallery reopened at the end of June to continue with the art show until Sept. 4. Gallery hours are Fridays to Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Masks are required and maintaining social distancing is a must. | (530) 544-2313, talart.org

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ctive women need the proper gear to match their lifestyles — and that includes their clothing. No one knows this better than North Lake Tahoe resident Emily McAllister who recently launched her swimwear line Junipers, The Do-ItAll Hybrid Bikini. Made of eco-friendly material, Junipers are designed to be dry 15 minutes after leaving the water, so you can pull on a shirt or dress.

McAllister lives the quintessential Tahoe lifestyle, biking, hiking, backpacking, paddleboarding, waterskiing, et cetera.

She has always wanted to end her day in

“ I kept finding myself in situations where I was holding back from doing things I wanted to do because I was just in a typical string bikini.”

–Emily McAllister comfortable clothing. However, she has always had the problem that many women do of finding someplace to change out of a bathing suit at the end of the day or end up spending an evening out on the town or on a bike ride home being cold and wet.

That’s why McAllister created Junipers.

“I kept finding myself in situations where I was holding back from doing things I wanted to do because I was just in a typical string bikini,” McAllister says.

“My husband and I lived in New York and I remember we went on a 30-mile bike ride one day to Rockport Beach and jumped in the ocean. I had to bike back wet and salty, so it wasn’t as fun for me.”

Once she says she was at a restaurant on the lake in Tahoe City with friends and the guys wanted to go for a swim, but the girls didn’t want to jump in because none of them had brought an extra change of clothes. These types of situations prompted McAllister to create a versatile swimsuit that worked for her and her fellow adventurous female friends.

In 2017, McAllister put together a sketch and went online to find a manufacturing partner who could help her make a prototype. Even though McAllister admits that she doesn’t have any kind of background in apparel, she has always had a creative side.

“I just kind of went for it and found this awesome factory in Minnesota,” she says of the clothing manufacturer who helped her come up with the quick-drying fabric and material design for Junipers.

During the testing process, McAllister also looked at existing brands of men’s bike shorts and asked her outdoorsy male counterparts what they liked and didn’t like about certain brands. The final result was to use RecoTex, a fabric comprised of 91 percent post-consumer, water-bottle polyester and 9 percent spandex with a water-repellent finish.

“A big part of the reason why regular swimsuits take longer to dry is because of the amount of spandex used, the material that creates stretch. So, I found a fabric that has less give but it dries quickly,” McAllister says.

Whether floating the Truckee River, hiking out and back to Aloha Lake in Desolation Wilderness or climbing the rocks of D.L. Bliss State Park to jump into the water, it’s nice having full coverage and protection in any kind of situation.

After two years of testing Junipers while enjoying her active lifestyle, McAllister reached the point where she felt like it was ready to be worn by others. She manufactured it in a variety of sizes and reached out to active women across the country, asking them to try the Junipers and share

their feedback. Over the last few months, Junipers started spreading on a grassroots level and she launched a Kickstarter campaign on July 7 to raise money for more testing and development. In one day, she reached her $10,000 goal.

“I had a waiting list of people who wanted Junipers and have been getting requests to add additional sizes and colors,” she says.

As far as where McAllister came up with the name Junipers, she says that she wanted something that portrayed extreme adaptability and hardiness like the juniper trees that can be found thriving in the Himalayas, Death Valley and the Sierra Nevada.

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“I also wanted it to be this fun thing to say as you’re going out the door: ‘Hold on, let me grab my Junipers,’” she says.

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Horoscopes

FIRE

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Puzzles

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Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22)

Capricorn (Dec 21-Jan 19)

Some rather large moves and measures have been activated. These may be leaving you feeling determined, and perhaps edgy and combative. Both home and family and career and your public life are being influenced. You may be feeling very strongly that it is time to take new initiatives. In any case, something significant is shifting and you feel compelled to act.

Your perspectives are undergoing a steady process of change. Given the current state of the world and all the outer changes that have and continue to jolt us all out rather suddenly of the old norm, you may feel adrift between then and tomorrow more than ever.

Positively, it is producing a refreshing break from all patterns that had become restrictive.

Leo (Jul 22-Aug 23)

Aquarius (Jan 19-Feb 19)

Balancing the urge to retreat and engage in creative activities behind the scenes with outer social events continues. The ratio is probably 3 to 1 to lay low. Meanwhile, you have re-entered a time of learning and study. This could prove to be a great time to take a course. Yet, it could also manifest as realizing creative ambitions that have long-awaited their time.

In the background of your life, something has been steadily dissolving. According to your astrology, it could be described as tendencies to control outer people and circumstances. It is likely, that the flow of events has produced a need to surrender, and to allow, trust and to cooperate. As you do, you may feel more liberated than you might have thought possible.

Virgo (Aug 23-Sep 22)

Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20)

Who are your friends and who are not? In the ever-changing landscape of fickle emotions combined with the realities of change, little is certain or absolute in this regard. Perhaps most importantly, you are learning to be a better friend to yourself. Yet, the challenge also includes becoming more aware of how you can perhaps be critical, expectant, and judgmental of others. Self-reflective awareness reveals wisdom.

You are in a creative cycle. Yet, it can also be described as a moody one. While diving in deep to fulfill this impulse feels great, you may notice your focus is getting directed to many smaller projects. This will change as the month progresses so tend to the smaller tasks and projects now to clear the way. In other news, returns for past actions are coming in and these may amount to sobering responsibilities.

Libra (Sep 22-Oct 22)

A busy time in your outer public and professional life continues. Yet, rumblings and tremors are leaving you feeling uncertain. It may not solely be your career but could also be linked to family and some of your most intimate relationships. Either way, it is hardly a smooth process. Rather, it appears to include conflict and even strife. Your challenge is to be diplomatically assertive.

Aries (Mar 21-Apr 20)

These are powerful times, and this is probably very apparent in your life. Dealing with waves of emotional complexity is part of this plot. Yet, you may actually be enjoying the kaleidoscope of emotions flowing through your body and mind. Taking direct and deliberate action feels right and important yet doing so without empathy or consideration could prove costly.

Scorpio (Oct 22-Nov 21)

Taurus (Apr 20-May 21)

You may notice that you are in a philosophical mood. However, this is not to say you feel clear about what you think or believe to be true. In fact, there is a reason to say that you are quite undecided at this point. Altogether, it probably amounts to an important juncture in your personal evolution towards an awakening to new perceptions and interpretations.

Your mind is racing with thoughts and feelings linked to outer events and scenarios of possibility for the future. All the while, deep drums are beating in the back of your mind as you decipher what to do and how.

Positively, you are seeing a bigger picture and getting a clear perspective on things than you have in a long time. At worst, you have gone to battle with yourself.

Aim for the sweet spot.

Sagittarius (Nov 21-Dec 21)

You are in the mood to escape, to get away from it all for a while. Even a qualitative bout or two of something different and perhaps nothing, in particular, might suffice. All the while, more sober considerations, and responsibilities are there, but you are happy to leave them alone for now. Productivity is great and so too is fun in the sun.

Gemini (May 21-Jun 21)

Major activations linked to the recent eclipses have activated your focus regarding money and security. Getting clear on what your responsibilities are in this regard is featured. Altogether, these are contributing to a completion-process of deep changes that have been underway for the past 2-3 years. This process will continue for the rest of the year.

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I invited the woman to help me use the crowbar because I didn’t want to lever alone.

Hocus Focus differences: 1. Boy is barefoot, 2. Blanket is narrower, 3. Man has a mustache, 4. Water bottle has been added, 5. Swim trunks have no stripe, 6. Boat is on horizon.

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layered harmony vocals, the six songs on the album paint a vivid, emotive portrait of an artist leaving the past and moving on. A strong indie-pop vibe evokes other young independent artists of the day such as AURORA, Grimes and Allie X. Newly armed with the confidence of a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who can also produce, Bohnet is more inspired than ever. She recently returned from a trip to Moon Rocks in Nevada where she filmed an otherworldly video of black cyberpunk dancers for her upcoming single, “Machine.”

“The song is about giving love and light and not hate,” she says. “I wanted to capture crazy people doing crazy dancing

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Sierra Bohnet ierra Bohnet’s dream school wasn’t all it was cracked up to be. She may have been one of the most talented musicians in her class when she graduated from Truckee High School in 2018, but it didn’t mean much on arrival at the esteemed Berklee College of Music in Boston.

“I wouldn’t say it was a bad experience,” says the 20-year-old musician. “It was good for growth. You go through this thing where your confidence gets knocked because everyone around you is so amazing. For the first year and half I was trying to figure out what my sound was and trying hard not to compare myself to other people there. Now I have my own sound and there’s not really anyone else at Berklee doing what I do.”

As she sings in “I Want More,” her latest synth-pop single: “Won’t you listen to me and my wildest dreams?”

After ditching a catty friend group and a lame boyfriend, Bohnet returned home to Tahoe midway through her sophomore year, Coronavirus having put a swift halt to the semester. She had already switched majors from songwriting and performance to music production around the time a collaborator tried to take her to court over a few tracks they recorded together.

“My biggest lesson was figuring out what I want to do,” she says. “Now I’m just learning and soaking things in superfast.

If you are looking at a graph, it’s like the acceleration path. I’m still trying to figure out the business side and how to get people to listen.”

Inspired by her college turmoil, Bohnet hit the production hard on moving back in with her parents in Truckee, which culminated in the May release of her selfproduced debut EP, “Ëradøn.”

“The pandemic was a blessing in disguise,” she says. “I was so ready to leave Boston.”

The album title is comprised of two words: era and done. Through a tight lattice of swirling synths, thick island drums and

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“ My biggest lesson was figuring out what I want to do. Now I’m just learning and soaking things in superfast … trying to figure out the business side and how to get people to listen.”

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–Sierra Bohnet without caring. My recent writing is more philosophical. I’m trying to dig a little deeper or put myself in someone else’s shoes even if they’re not a real person.”

There is a sound sense of independence at the core of Bohnet’s work. While she has received offers to join independent labels, she’s turned them all away.

“I think that’s why I wanted to do everything myself,” she says. “I like having all the control. It also gets done fast. I’m cranking out a song a week and a lot of people don’t work that fast. I think I need to grow a little more and reach that hump where people are finding me on their own and the growth will go from there.”

It wasn’t always so easy to be her colorful, creative self. As a teenager, Bohnet was crippled by anxiety and panic disorders.

“I think it comes from when I was little,” she says. “I had to get over it multiple times. And now I know how to deal with it. I think I take a lot of inspiration from that. For me, it’s always been easier to write about sad emotions like anger. They are just

stronger for me. I’m not sure why. With this new music I’ve been trying to get out of that.”

In the music video for “Wild One,” she performs a sensual freeform dance through a rainbow of light and costume. It’s a moment in time for an artist discovering her own powerful, provocative image at just the right time.

“The biggest thing I’ve learned is people want to see me talk and sing and they want to see the process,” she says.

“I have to get used to posting videos and showing people what I do. Now it’s getting easier. Because of the image, I’m starting to feel my music more, whereas before I was pretty awkward. I’d just kind of stand there.” | sierrabohnet.com  Sean McAlindin is a writer and musician living in Truckee, who loves a secret powder stash just as much as a good jam. You can reach him at entertainment@tahoethisweek.com. Other writings and original music are available at seanmcalindin.com.

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n the renovated old building of what once was Ring-Lee Grocery Store is the beautiful 10 Torr Distilling and Brewing.

Original wood floors, salvaged pipes, tables and wood from the old grocery store create a rustic industrial ambience. Owners Will Whipple and Randy Soule, both engineers by trade, designed the taproom and handbuilt the distillery and all of the stills.

The tanks are hand-welded, handmade proprietary tanks.

What is the significance of the distillery’s name? Torr refers to a measurement of pressure. Space is 0 torr and the Torr stills run at 10, which creates a space-like atmosphere. The ingredients in the stills do not cook and are maintained at room temperature, which allows for the highest quality flavor in their spirits.

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hiss and stills purr.

I arrive to tour the facility. I walk through a cool warehouse-like facility onto the brew deck to view the distillery from above. Tanks hiss and stills purr. The company uses a centrifuge technique to produce their brew in order to give the beer a better flavor. We walk down the stairs where huge silver stills tower above us.

Four women are on the floor learning to make beer. Melissa Test, former brewer; Andrea Latos, lead brewer; Felica Reid, a taproom bartender and Molly Carling, 10 Toor event coordinator, are all staring in a large vat of what will eventually be Rose Beer.

We continue to the back of the facility where a number of stills are distilling spirits. 10 Torr utilizes a vacuum-distilled process, which is a unique and rare method.

There are only a handful of distillers in the world using this process. They are inventing the process as they go. They are currently in the process of making a run of whiskey and rum, which should be available by the end of the year.

Back in the taproom, it’s time to taste some of the signature beers and spirits. Set out before me are a number of beers. I sip the Honey Blonde, made with honey from Al Bees Pure Nevada Honey in Reno. It’s light and smooth and delicious.

The second beer I taste is Dayman.

The name pays homage to the show, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” I take a sip of Dayman, a Hefeweizen. I smell it and sip it again.

“It tastes like cloves,” I say.

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Taste Nicaragua’s export Flor de Cana rum upstairs. Complimentary pairing appetizers will be provided. Buy a specialty drink and the tasting is free. Must be age 21 and older to attend. 5:30-6:30 p.m. | facebook.com

Indeed, cloves or bananas are what most people taste when they try the brew. Next up is Hazewagon, one of their flagship beers is also one of their most popular. I am a fan of Secret Cove Cerveza, a Mexican lager. It’s light and refreshing and perfect for a hot day. The beer is made with corn from Bentley Ranch in Minden. This is another one of their bestselling brews.

The last beer I tasted was No Town Brown, a nickname for Reno. It was delicious, toasty and smooth with hints of cocoa nib and caramel.

We move on to try 10 Torr’s signature vodka, their Habanero & Jalapeño Vodka, their London Dry-Style Gin and their Coffee Liquor. Each sprit was fresh, flavorful and unique. The vodka smelled like it would be super spicy, but in fact it was smooth and flavorful and perfect for a Bloody Mary. I love the coffee liquor, it’s easy and light with a rich taste of java. This would be excellent with some heavy cream and vodka.

10 Torr’s signature canned cocktails are made with their own brand of vodka featuring Lavender Lemonade, Greyhound Soda and Cucumber Cooler. Each offered a unique flavor profile. Some are available year-round while others are seasonal. Amantes Picante, made with the Habanero and Jalapeño Vodka, mint and lime is coming soon.

There are many unique things about 10 Torr Distilling and Brewing, but one

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Four of 10 Torr’s signature spirits; Miners Punch; Bar manager David Longo shows off the latest brew; Bears Beet Battle Star Galactica.

that stands out is that the lead brewer and distiller is a woman, which is rare in the male-dominated industry. 10 Torr’s creativity is illuminated in the taste of the beer, spirits and canned cocktails.

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10 Torr is available at local markets and served at local restaurants throughout the Tahoe Sierra, with a list of locations available online. 10 Torr is located at 490 Mill St. Check the current schedule before visiting. | 10torr.com  Priya Hutner is a writer, personal chef and workshop facilitator. She is the owner of the Seasoned Sage, which prepares organic artisan meals for dinner parties and events. She also offers in-home cooking classes, parties and local pop up dinners. As a breath meditation teacher and long-time yogi, she facilitates workshops and classes that focus on gaining a deeper awareness of self. Send story ideas to priya@tahoethisweek.com. | (772) 913-0008, pria78@gmail.com, seasonedsage.com

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NO. 1

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eally, there is a single, solitary No. 1 wine to beat the heat? I say yes, and beseech you to hear me out. Here is the skillset this wine needs to sit on the throne.

It’s crisp and fresh and brings a beam of energy in every glass.

It must take to being served well chilled — after all it’s hot out.

It has a varied game from lean, citrusy stars to melon fruit, barrel-aged beauties and therefore, needs a variety of places of origin and winemaking styles to rocket to the top.

Having yummy, interesting versions at all price points, this wine’s lovable qualities must show across the board. You should be able to enjoy No. 1 whether you go big on cost or not.

Finally, as with any star athlete, thespian or parent, the most important quality is availability.

Tip No. 1 is oh so simple: spend at least $10. Stay above this entry point and you are going to get something yummy.

There are other wines in the world that qualify on most of these counts, but if you can’t find a range of styles and producers anywhere you go, they cannot be No. 1.

Our winner, Sauvignon Blanc, checks all of the above boxes.

BUYING TIPS Tip No. 1 is oh so simple: spend at least $10. Stay above this entry point and you are going to get something yummy.

Tip No. 2 is to shop by region to get the style you want for the occasion. Here are the best: California offers more tropical fruits and body with medium acidity. I suggest looking for Napa, Sonoma or Mendocino on the label.

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SUGGESTED WINES Bonterra Organic Vineyards from Mendocino is a good all-around Sauvignon Blanc with special appeal for fans of organic wines. Charles Krug and Priest Ranch wineries are wonderful quality versions from Napa that have a little neutralbarrel influence that adds complexity. They are also a bargain for home-grown Napa Sauvignon Blanc.

I’m going to be a little more generic for New Zealand because even the big-brands deliver authentic Kiwi style. See what’s on sale at your purveyor.

In Sancerre, you can’t go wrong with anything that has Reverdy on the label.

There are several branches of this family making Sancerre, so pick your price point and go.

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As with reds, white Bordeaux can get expensive and many times there are not many choices available in most shops.

Therefore, I recommend asking a trusted wine-shop friend; be sure to give them your price range.

There is no better time to grab a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc from each region and head to the beach.

Cheers.  Lou Phillips is a Level 3 Advanced Sommelier in Tahoe and his consulting business wineprowest.com assists in the selling, buying and managing wine collections. He may be reached at (775) 544-3435 or wineguru123@gmail.com.

Domaine Garenne-Reverdy from Sancerre

New Zealand offers in-your-face citrus and zip with light body.

Sancerre offers less fruit and more minerality, structure and strong acidity.

Bordeaux offers a cross between Sancerre and California, bracing acidity with slightly riper fruits.

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I don’t want to get too into the workout topic because that is another subject, but it does lead us into today’s menu, which is a grilled chicken salad sandwich. As the hikes get a little longer and harder, I need to do a few things to keep my energy up.

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When cooking dinner, I simply cook a few extra chicken thighs for lunch the next day. Of course you can use breast meat also, but I have always liked the moisture of the dark meat better, even when the breast is cooked to perfection. I will peel the fat back and season the thigh with salt, pepper, tarragon and poultry seasoning. You can add your favorite seasonings.

Replace the skin and place it on the grill skin down. The skin will keep the chicken

moist and will help the seasonings infuse their flavors into the meat. Also, as long as you are grilling, grill the other ingredients you plan to use in the salad, as well.

You can use breast meat also, but I have always liked the moisture of dark thigh meat better.

These things grill fairly fast, so you don’t need to spend too much extra time cooking, but the rewards in added flavor are well worth the few minutes that you will save the next day before your hike. Even if you are not going for a hike, the next time you are thinking of bringing a sandwich someplace, try grilling your ingredients to add a whole new dimension of flavor.  David “Smitty” Smith is a personal chef specializing in dinner parties, cooking classes and special events. Trained under Master Chef Anton Flory at Top Notch Resort in Stowe, Vt., Smitty is known for his creative use of fresh ingredients.

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GRILLED CHICKEN SALAD SANDWICH From the kitchen of: Chef David “Smitty” Smith 6 chicken thighs 1 red pepper 1 small red onion 1 garlic bulb 1 t oil Poultry seasoning 1 sprig tarragon 1T mayonnaise Salt and pepper 4 slices smoked Gouda cheese 8 slices bread

Peel the skin back and season the chicken with salt, pepper and a pinch of poultry seasoning.

Lay 6 to 8 whole tarragon leaves across the thigh, then fold the skin back over and place on the grill skin down. Char the red peppers while the meat gets soft and place in a bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and set in the refrigerator to cool.

Cut the onion in thick slices and grill until golden. Slice the garlic bulb in half, brush the exposed sides with a little oil and place them on the upper rack of the grill or around the sides of the fire, but not directly over the hottest flames. Cook the garlic until the pods are soft.

Peel and seed the pepper once it is cool and cut into medium pieces. Cut the onion slices into medium pieces. Pop the garlic pieces out of the skins by squeezing the ends and roughly chop to 4 to 6 pieces to start.

In a bowl, remove the skin and pull the meat off the bones and cut into large chunks. Add the pepper, onion and some garlic pieces. Start with 4 to 6 pieces and add more to taste at the end, if needed. Rough chop 8 to 9 more tarragon leaves and add just enough mayonnaise to dampen and bind all the ingredients. Season with salt and pepper as needed. Spread on your break with a slice of Gouda.

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