I have a treat for you, well maybe not a treat, but some personal information to share with you, like it or not.
Cindy, my wife, and I live in a small town called Truckee about 30 miles west of Reno, in California. The reason we moved here 12 years ago was to get out of the insanity, where all the ‘lowlanders’ live. We’re about 15 miles north of Lake Tahoe, which is a lake shared by both the state of Nevada and California. If you’ve ever watched one of the ‘God Father’ movies, the house on the lake wherein Michael’s brother Freddie got whacked in the boat while fishing, well that’s Lake Tahoe. Years ago we were fortunate enough to know somebody who knew somebody and we able to tour the estate and grounds.
Truckee has the honor of being the town which has the largest subdivision in the entire United States. It’s called ‘Tahoe Donner’ and that’s where most of the tourists either have a second home or rent out someone else’s home. That’s also where we go to do 90% of our ‘day job’ business. More on that later.
We, ourselves, live in a smallish community called ‘Sierra Meadows’ – the name says it all. Practically everyone who lives in our neighborhood lives here full time. We know the names of all our neighbors as well as their dogs. I do believe there are more dogs in this town, per capita, than anywhere else in the U.S.of A. At least it’s the most dog friendliest town.
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