Fireworks over the Lake

Labor Day weekend, which includes the first Monday of September, is traditionally seen as the end of summer.  Especially when I was a child growing up, a new school year would start days after Labor Day.  So it was usually a time, to spend that final weekend with friends and family, having a barbecue or picnic.

A tradition in South Lake Tahoe is to watch fireworks blazing through the night sky, over the lake.  ( This also happens over the Fourth of July holiday )   The fireworks are launched from a boat on the lake, so the best place to watch it is from a boat but there are many beaches that offer a spectacular view, too.  I took these photos from the sandy shores of Nevada Beach, on the Nevada side, just north of South Lake Tahoe.

 View of Lake Tahoe from the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

 A beautiful house on a hill near Lake Tahoe.