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Speechless Sunday (Almost) - Bridal Veil Falls, Lake Tahoe

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Real Estate Agent with Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) 01338415

Traveling down Highway 50, West bound, away from Lake Tahoe stops you at a majestic site, Bridal Veil Falls.  When it is in winter and even better during the snow melt, it can really roar.  We were passing and saw that the Bridal Veil was showing, so I had to stop on the side of the road and snap this picture...

Seeing Bridal Veil Falls in the winter...

Now if you look closely at the trees, you can see ghost images of duplicate limps. That is because the actual waterfall is over 150 feet high.  So I took this picture with my iPhone, and auto stitched it together with an app from the iTunes store.  I took about 12 pictures, then chose all 12 and the program matched the picture to create the awesome shot.  You cannot capture the whole falls in one shot, so the program worked great!  It does it in a matter of seconds, on your iPhone.

It is located on Esmeralda Creek, in Pollack Pines, in the El Dorado National Forest in El Dorado County.

Next time you are driving to Tahoe from the California side, make it a point to stop.  Easy parking, and great place for pictures.  parking is in a large turnout (paved) on the side of the road.

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Chris Alston

 

Home sales and purchasing specialist

Keller Williams Realty, Cupertino

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Cupertino, CA 95014

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Comments (24)

Jack Mossman - The Nines Team at Keller Williams in Lodi
The Nines Team at Keller Williams in Lodi - Lodi, CA
The Nines Team in Lodi

OK Chris ... now you're tricking us ... but at least you admit it!  This looks like a great technology idea ... but what about us Blackberry Torch folks?

Jan 23, 2011 11:07 AM
Roger D. Mucci
Shaken...with a Twist 216.633.2092 - Euclid, OH
Lets shake things up at your home today!

WOW is all I've got!

Jan 23, 2011 11:52 AM
Bob "RealMan" Timm
Ward County Notary Services - Minot, ND
Owner of Ward Co Notary Services retired RE Broker

Thanks Chris for yet another reason I should be looking at smart phones.

Jan 23, 2011 12:01 PM
Stacey Smith
Keller Williams Realty - Aliso Viejo, CA
Your Orange County Beach Cities Realtor

Lake Tahoe is so beautiful.. This is such a great picture. I hope you had a great time while you where there, and thanks for sharing the picture.

Jan 23, 2011 12:30 PM
Menlo Park Real Estate and Homes for Sale
Wende Schoof - Menlo Park, CA
WendeByTheBay.com - 650.504.0219 - SF Peninsula

Chris, this is a great photo!  I've looked over at those falls at least a thousand times while driving by and never understood why they were called Bridal Veil.  Now I can finally see where the name came from!

Jan 23, 2011 03:23 PM
Chris Alston
Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - Campbell, CA
Silicon Valley, California

Thanks Toni!

Jan 24, 2011 02:41 AM
Chris Alston
Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - Campbell, CA
Silicon Valley, California

Thanks Paul...  Love the veil, huh?  :)

Jan 24, 2011 02:44 AM
Chris Alston
Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - Campbell, CA
Silicon Valley, California

You are sooo welcome Tish!

Jan 24, 2011 02:46 AM
Chris Alston
Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - Campbell, CA
Silicon Valley, California

Thanks Tony!

Jan 24, 2011 02:47 AM
Chris Alston
Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - Campbell, CA
Silicon Valley, California

Jack - HA!  You know, I bet there is a blackberry app for this type of things.  Look up "auto-stitching" and I bet you will find it.  :)

Jan 24, 2011 02:52 AM
Chris Alston
Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - Campbell, CA
Silicon Valley, California

Thanks Roger!!!!!! 

Jan 24, 2011 02:54 AM
Chris Alston
Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - Campbell, CA
Silicon Valley, California

Bob - I went from a crackberry to an iPhone and love it.  It took me awhile to get over the keyboard thing, but the phone is a mini-computer. 

Jan 24, 2011 02:56 AM
Chris Alston
Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - Campbell, CA
Silicon Valley, California

Thanks Stacey!  It was a great trip.  Northshore the first day, Reno for the evening, then Southshore.  Reno was to Circus-Circus with my son. :)

Jan 24, 2011 02:57 AM
Chris Alston
Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - Campbell, CA
Silicon Valley, California

Wende  - :)

Jan 24, 2011 02:58 AM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

Chris - I know that spot in the road along Highway 50.  I've visited it often.  I've taken a number of pictures of it over the years, but none have been as good as this one you've captured. 

Jan 24, 2011 05:14 AM
Chris Alston
Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - Campbell, CA
Silicon Valley, California

Thanks Myrl!  Crazy thing...  It was with the camera on the phone!  :)

Jan 24, 2011 06:55 AM
Laura Giannotta
Keller Williams Realty - Atlantic Shore - Little Egg Harbor, NJ
Your Realtor Down the Shore!

I'm always amazed at the new wonders of modern technology!  I can't get over that's from your phone!!!

Jan 25, 2011 10:35 AM
Debbie Walsh
SHAHAR Management - Middletown, NY
Hudson Valley NY Real Estate 845.283-3036

What a neat place!  Love the shot!

Jan 26, 2011 08:43 AM
Chris Alston
Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - Campbell, CA
Silicon Valley, California

Laura - I know!!!!

Jan 26, 2011 03:13 PM
Chris Alston
Chris Alston (Keller Williams Realty, Silicon Valley, California) - Campbell, CA
Silicon Valley, California

Thanks Debra!

Jan 26, 2011 03:14 PM