Lake Tahoe.

It is the Gem of the Sierra, the awesome Lake in the Sky.

According to linguistic historians, the name “Tahoe” is clearly derived from the Washoe Indian word “dá'aw” or “lake.” The lake and its surrounding region is one of the most breathtaking areas in the Sierra Nevada.

In 1872, Mark Twain remarked in his book Roughing It, “As it [the lake] lay there with the shadows of the mountains brilliantly photographed upon its still surface I thought it must surely be the fairest picture the whole earth affords.”