Chillin' (literally) in South Lake Tahoe, CA

So it's snowed everyday that I've been here, 4 so far, today is Thursday. The snow is about waist deep where it hasn't been touched and knee deep just about everywhere else. Shovel the snow down to the pavement and the next morning there's 8 inches in its place. I was going to go snowboarding but it costs $90 average and today I got sick, a little cold or something. I still may try to ride (snowboard) tomorrow but I'm not too sure yet.

So here's what I've been doing. Steve and his girl Desi are very careful about spending money. All of their furniture was found somewhere around S. Lake Tahoe, all of their groceries have to be on sale or else.. no groceries. So I've learned how to be a smarter shopper and to appreciate what other people throw away just because they bought a newer one or a different color. You get the point.

Yesterday at lunch two more couchsurfers arrived, Stu from Australia and Katy from England. They're really good people and fun to hang out with. We've been eating at casinos because it's cheap and cooking at the house for the same reason. Two nights ago we went to Chevy's, a tex mex restaurant, and had $2 margaritas! Yep we got drunk then went home talked a bit and slept it off. The next day we went over to Sarah and Jane's cabin to snowboard... in the backyard. They had built a small park with two jumps and a log rail haha. We ate chili, some banana bread that Jane made (delish!) and then we all made pizza. Everyone was required to bring one pizza topping, so we have one pizza with bananas, avocado, tomatoes, and pineapple. After eating and getting drunk again we all went to Moe's Place for some live music. Steve ended up hammered and hugging onto anything that would keep him on his feet lol.

Once we (Stu, Steve, & I) walked out the back door we had to get home right? So there's a cab waiting in the parking lot and luckily he wasn't waiting for anyone inparticular. We hop in and the first thing this guy says is "ok guys hold on to your seatbelts!"! The next thing I know we're almost airborne going over the median and then completely sideways in a two lane road with both back tires spinning (remember it's snowing)! Finally we straightened up and the guy says "the best part is the car doesn't belong to me", yeahhhhhh! During all of these car acrobatics I look over at Steve in the backseat with me and he's sleeping... missing all the action. No one was awake within 15 min after we walked in the door that night, but Steve was ahead of us all.

Today we all recovered and I did website work all day while it snowed. I did shovel off the 16 inches of snow from the Xterra and paid a visit to IHOP about lunch time. Man it was great to eat a huge breakfast!