5000 Reviews On Amazon

Dear Reader,

As I'm finishing up #17 in the series (to be published this coming summer), I'm very pleased to see that my books on Amazon are crossing a significant milestone: 5000 reviews. At an average of 4.6 stars.

Thanks so very much to all of you for your support and interest. Authors can write books and sometimes feel like they go out into a black hole and no one notices.

I've been so fortunate that you readers have taken such an interest in my fictional world.

Thanks again, more than I can say.

Todd

Watch Where You Park Your Jet!

I hate it when my jet has too much snow on its wings! It slides down the wings toward the rear, which tips the plane teeter-totter-style, and lifts the lighter front end up in the air.

A Cessna Citation Jet at the Truckee Airport

Thanks to the Sierra Sun for the story.

Whole Foods Is Nearly Finished

The new Whole Foods store in South Lake Tahoe is nearly finished. We don't have an official opening date yet, however they are estimating being open for business this summer.

Whole Foods taking shape.
It is on Lake Tahoe Blvd, just west of Ski Run Blvd.

Tahoe's Mountains From The West Slope - Nice!

A few days ago, we were hiking on the West Slope, below the snow line. We came to a place with a nice view across a reservoir to the Sierra Crest, the mountains directly to the west of Lake Tahoe. These include (on the right side of the picture) the Crystal Range, those "Desolation Wilderness" mountains that house Lake Aloha and a hundred other lakes. You can see these mountains from the East Shore and, if you're out on the water, from all over the lake.

While on a very clear day, you can see the the Sierra Crest from the coastal pass just east of Vallejo in the Bay Area, seeing these mountains from the west is not so easy and common as seeing them from Lake Tahoe. But they are still beautiful! After today's storm, they will be even whiter.