Two tours, two routes, Let's talk! Options

[RoadGlue]

Friday
Morning: optional short drive
Saturday
Morning: Targa Tahoe drive gathering on the ramp.

How long and how many miles should the drive on Friday morning be? My feeling is that we should do some sort of drive either around the entire lake (about 2.5 hrs with stops and traffic) or at least a drive over to Emerald Bay and back. It's a Tahoe event, so the lake shouldn't be totally ignored, right? I realize that this isn't going to be a sporty/speedy drive due to traffic. It's certainly more of a scenic tour than anything else.

Here's the lake loop:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source...695572&z=11

The shorter route, up the west shore and back:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source...695572&z=11

These are rough routes, not from the hotel (just the city), so please don't repost them.

I'll explore the longer route for Sat next.

[RoadGlue]

I know some people are not interested in going to Virginia City itself, but the routes from South Lake to there are nice. People could take 45 min to stretch, wander around the city and then we could make our way back to Carson City or Heavenly for lunch.

South Lake, up the east coast of the lake, up to Incline Village and up and over Mt. Rose (another 9k pass), down to the valley (this is a fantastic road), cross the valley (takes five minutes) and then up the famous PERFECT road to Virginia City. People can snack, walk around, take photos, yatta yatta. Then we head down the other side of the mountain and drive into Carson City. Number of decent food options here. Then up and over the Kingsbury Grade into Tahoe (I HATE Hwy 50 from Carson City to Tahoe as it's way too steep and fast for our little aircooled cars).
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source...391144&z=10

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