August 12, 2019 Long Time, No Post

To say we have been busy at the lodge is an understatement.  Most of June was spent prepping for the Guida, Atkins, Plotke (G.A.P.) family reunion which was held the week around the 4th of July.  We had about 40+ members of the family attend.  Many stayed the the lodge, some at the Rancho Sierra Hotel down the road, and some in motor homes.

The week was spent kayaking at Lake Valley and Fuller, hiking to the falls, with trips to Lake Tahoe, North Shore Stateline, 3rd of July Fireworks at Colfax, 4th of July parade at Dutch Flat.  And some of the hardier souls drove down to South Shore to ride the mega Zipline at Heavenly.  We had two big winners on the slots at the Hyatt Lake Tahoe.  And no major injuries or forest fires!

Since the reunion, we have hosted a few days with some of our old friends from Redwood Heights and are now preparing for our annual Cal Alumni weekend.

In between all of these festivities, we managed to get a short trip to Sequoia National Park.  We are hoping to get one more national park visited (Lassen) before fall sets in.

Work on the lodge continues (at a slower rate since it is summer) and we have just about completed the "Snow Room" which includes a new oak staircase leading from the top to the lower floor and cedar sided walls.  And we have added a railing to the lower deck (steps and finish work are still a luxury to be completed later).

One interesting update to our History.  Prior to the family reunion, two lovely ladies knocked on our door and told me that they were the descendants of the first teacher in Emigrant Gap, Annette Greenleaf.  They had found our blog online and read our notes on Ms Greenleaf and stopped by on they way East to say hi.  I hope they send us a note soon so I can add some more information about our first teacher and also send them a photo of the "old school".  In case they are reading this - our email is jguida@pacbell.net.