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Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake, situated in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the United States. It is located along the border between California and Nevada, 22 miles long and twelve miles wide. This lake is famed for its pure clear water and the panorama of surrounding mountains on all sides. The area around the lake is home to a number of ski resorts, summer golf courses and tourist attractions, making it the ideal year-round holiday destination. If you are looking for the best

In California there is a lot of attention to sustainable living and some excellent people have organised trips and activities to introduce their ideas of living in tune with the environment, especially on vacation. When you visit California you can take guided foraging trips into the canyons to find out about all the wild edible plants and fruits that are abundant and free.
On this excursion trip, led by Sunny Johnson, the haul included wild mustard, malva greens and cheeses, ice plants, blackberry new growth tops, sticky monkey flower, elderflower, wild lettuce, ceanothus berries for soap and much more. The video is fascinating and I am sure after watching it you will want to visit this part of the States so I have looked around at places to stay in the vicinity.
I found great hotel room rates at the Hilton in Woodland Hills, which is a pet friendly hotel with internet access, just six miles from Tapanga Canyon, where Sunny led the wild food hunt shown in the video. The hotel rooms are spacious and comfortable, the hotel has a large swimming pool and room rates are around $100 per night. The Hilton also operates a free shuttle bus in a three mile radius of the hotel so you can leave your car behind and reduce your carbon footprint!

Places where the natural beauty has been preserved are always my favourite holiday destinations. I have been reading about the Outer Banks of North Carolina, a string of sandy barrier islands reaching out into the Atlantic Ocean. This was one of the first areas of the United States to be settled, and visitors have been enjoying its undisturbed beauty since the sixteenth century. Surrounded by 900 square miles of water, the islands’ estuaries are a haven for water birds. If quiet peaceful beaches are what you are seeking, check this area out.