Âme Sweet Âme

  As much as I resented when adults would force us to ''go play outside'' growing up, now I have the strong urge to spend every minute I can outdoors. I eat, journal, exercise, dry clothes, even practice yoga outside. And my idea of ideal vacation or day trips involves the outdoors as well. Living not far from Lake Tahoe, our own Lake Louise here in California, it has become my default for showing off the beauties of northern California to guests or simply reboot from my semi-urban existence. And with my AFS student, I had a new excuse to go. South Lake Tahoe was the first wonder I encountered the first time I came to California almost 30 years ago. My sister, our cousin and I were traveling across the country on a road trip, and one night we had to sleep in the car because it was too late to find a campground, opening our eyes on a majestic mountain of granite after a very uncomfortable night made us forget all the inconveniences of this trip. We then camped in Lake Ta...