At the bottom of the trail down into Emerald Bay at lovely Lake Tahoe, is a spectacular house. It is called Vikingsholm. Pierre had an incredible time scrambling all around.

Vikingsholm Plaque
Pierre read the plaque and then jumped up for a photo. The plaque details the donation of nearly 300 acres including the stunning Vikingsholm and Fanette Island. The plaque is located in the interior court yard of Vikingsholm.

Court yard pond
For reasons I can’t really understand, Pierre loves the water. He can not swim, but he still always wants to get in. It took some convincing to get him to pose next to this pond in the Vikingsholm court yard.

Pierre on the door
The craftsmanship that went into this home is incredible. Pierre particularly liked this door. It leads into the house from the court yard. Goblins are worse than monkeys for swinging on things.

Pierre checking out the fuel pump
This is an old fuel pump outside Vikingsholm. Pierre thought that it was really cool. He inspected every part of it. (So did the men who were with us) Pierre is always interested in how things work.

Pierre in the window
Sadly, the season for tours of Vikingsholm was already over. We did take a peak in the window to see some of the fantastic furniture inside.

Buoys on the beach
After we looked at Vikingsholm, we walked on the beach for a while. Pierre was fascinated by the buoys that had washed up on the beach.

Pierre rides the driftwood
As always, it was a struggle to keep Pierre out of the water. He had to settle for lounging on this driftwood log. He really wanted me to talk to the owners of the cool boat in the background about letting him check it out. I did not. I tried to explain that you can’t really expect people to want a goblin they don’t know running around on their boat.

Land Shark!
It was time to head back up to the car. We did not hike back the way we came in. We took a smaller trail along the lake for a bit over a mile. Pierre was delighted when we came across this rock shark. Nothing would do except for him to crawl in and pretend to be getting eaten.

Pierre by yet another water fall
Here is one last photo of Pierre by a beautiful little water fall. We had a lovely hike. All in all we did about four miles.(To hike to Vikingsholm and back is a 2 mile hike) The trails have areas that are quite steep, but it is well worth the effort.
As always, you can see more of my art work at http://www.woodlandwhimsy.com
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