You never mentioned to me that you live near (in?) Tahoe!

Actually, I have, but perhaps it's not close enough to Tahoe to consider... We're in the Grass Valley/Nevada City area on highway 49. It's actually a couple hours from Tahoe but not far off the path if you're traveling from San Fran to Tahoe on I-80 (for a "stop and say hi on the way" kind of a stop). And we love to go to Tahoe ourselves, and do so often.