As soon as we figure out if 2012 or 2013 is better we will get the rooms. We were even looking at rooms at the Squaw Valley Lodges for two reason; 1. they are nice and we should be able to get some good prices as there has been no snow and all the ski resorts are in need of some cash influx, 2. We have a few friends that work there and should be able to get us some decent deals (for Tahoe Prices.)

But then we started thinking about Virginia City, NV. It could be really cool to have the rooms in a real oldwest mining town and we could speak to the Mayor there about letting us use the parking lot they have for events (he is a good friend of one of our good friends.)

here is a link to Virginia City Virginia City, Nevada ? Official Site for Hotels, Restaurants, Museums, Attractions, Events, History ? Comstock Lode Mining, V&T Railroad, Storey County it would be only a 45-50 minutes drive top Tahoe from there. Our friend who is friends with the mayor owns a Bed and breakfast there and 10 of the stores. So he may have some pull at getting us some good deals at the hotel up there. We may even be able to do our own parade as they are the parade committee basically haha. He also has a really nice private collection of cars he might not mind showing everyone. My favorite is a (I believe) 1929 Cadillac with something like 10k original miles. He is only the second owner. He hounded the original owner sending post cards and dropping by for holidays for years until he sold it to him.

Just another idea after the 2012 or 2013 year is settled on.