Days #584-590 of Our Epic Trip

6-8-2025
H: 77ºF L: 50ºF
Tahoe Valley Campground, South Lake Tahoe, California

We went to Carson City, NV to visit Daniel’s Aunt Darlene. The boys were so excited to see her and run around in her backyard.

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6-9-2025
H: 78°F L: 49°F
Tahoe Valley Campground, South Lake Tahoe, California

Peter finally howled! Neither Peter nor Marcel know how to howl so we have been practicing every morning while I make coffee. Peter tries so hard but he sounds hoarse like he has smoked for 50 years. Marcel talks more than howls. This morning, however, Peter finally tilted his chin up and made the sweetest little howl.

We met my sister, Kim, for lunch and had so much fun talking and hanging out. We realized that Regan’s are natural born brats. Poor Daniel! Haha!

Fellow vegans we met at Rolling Vegan Rendezvous, Forrest and Alex, joined us at our campsite in a camper van. It was good to see them again. They have started a coaching business, Vibrant Vegan Fitness. If you are looking for fitness, vegan nutrition counseling, and general support on living a healthier life, these are the people to contact. They are super cool and really knowledgeable.

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6-10-2025
H: 77ºF L: 47ºF
Tahoe Valley Campground, South Lake Tahoe, California

Forrest, who is a fitness trainer, showed us how to work out with exercise bands. We bought some exercise bands last year and have been using them but haven’t gotten a really hard workout until now. Forrest is ripped and we will definitely be using the training tips he gave us.

Later in the evening, we enjoyed talking and hanging out around the fire with Forrest and Alex. We realized we have a lot in common besides veganism and our love of animals like our mutual love of Netflix dating shows.

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6-11-2025
H: 73ºF L: 50ºF
Tahoe Valley Campground, South Lake Tahoe, California

We said goodbye to Forrest and Alex for now and hung out with our neighbors, Yvonne and Matt. They asked a lot of questions about WFPB. We learned Matt is a retired air traffic controller. Did you know the mandatory retirement age for air traffic controllers is 56?

We extended our stay at Tahoe Valley Campground and are lucky that Forrest and Alex will be joining us again this weekend. Unfortunately, we will have to move to a new campsite so that will entail packing up but our new site is spacious.

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6-12-2025
H: 71ºF L: 43ºF
Tahoe Valley Campground, South Lake Tahoe, California

We took the boys kayaking on Lake Tahoe. Daniel took each dog separately so they could get used to the boat before we all piled in and went into deeper water. The boys did great although Marcel was not happy about sitting in a little bit of water. We saw the cutest boat house with a neat roof line during our short trip.

We drove back up CA-4 (Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway) to explore the Stanislaus National Forest which we drove through on the way to Lake Tahoe. It was so beautiful a few days ago when we were pulling the camper through the rainy mountains but we couldn’t stop. Today, we drove toward Mosquito Lake and we were able to stop whenever we desired. We found an area to walk the boys off-leash in a valley by North Fork Mokelumne River.

We also had the pleasure of seeing this guy (Yellow-Bellied Marmot) who seemed just as interested in us as we were in him.

We stopped at Mosquito Lake and it was awesome! It’s actually two small ponds created by dams. There are tiny little cabins perched on the rocks. It had a fairytale quality.

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6-13-2025
H: 70°F L: 41°F
Tahoe Valley Campground, South Lake Tahoe, California

I worked on the blog and did laundry. We also moved to a different campsite in the same campground. We had planned on boondocking with other vegans we met at Rolling Vegan Rendezvous north of Lake Tahoe but everyone canceled except for Forrest and Alex. So Forrest and Alex are going to join us at our campsite for another couple nights.

We enjoyed a free concert at the campground after dinner. It was a bluegrass band, Whiskey & Wolves, and they were pretty good. We also met a nice (albeit drunk) man and his dog, Nathan and Cowboy.

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6-14-2025
H: 72ºF L: 43ºF
Tahoe Valley Campground, South Lake Tahoe, California

We started our day with a Belly Flop Contest at the campground. Since tomorrow is Father’s Day, we assumed most of the contestants were fathers taking one for the team. It was fun and we cheered for Nathan whom we met yesterday.

We drove along the Lake Tahoe on the Nevada side for a little ways. During our previous stop near Lake Tahoe, we definitely liked the Nevada side of the lake verses the California side. We stopped at an open house for a $2.5 million home. It was nice but certainly about $2 million over priced. It didn’t even have a view. Daniel and I like to tour homes for sale to get ideas for the house we want to build in Tennessee.

Alex and Forrest joined us at our campsite again. We went to another free concert at the campground with Alex. The band was Cash Only, a Johnny Cash cover band. They were pretty good and we enjoyed dancing. We all enjoyed watching a lady dancing and just doing her own thing.

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Stats

Expenses:

• Tesla Cybertruck fuel: $0
• Tesla Model X fuel: $0
• Campsite: $0
• Camping memberships: $38.26
• Food: $89.41

Tesla Cybertruck miles driven: 0 (0 kWh)

Tesla Model X miles driven: 613.3 (168.4 kWh)

Number of people asking about the Tesla pulling the camper: 1

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