Headed to Lake Tahoe for a weekend escape? Don't let the drive and inevitable traffic get you down. Whether you're headed to the North or South Shore, break up the journey from the Bay Area with stops at a candy factory, winery, 24-hour arboretum, and more.Happy travels!Boa Vista Orchards, Placervil.
You’ve likely driven by there dozens if not hundreds of times – that iconic white and red sign beckoning travelers on Interstate 80 to stop in for a slice of
For the best pies on the way to Tahoe, go to this roadside market
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Ikeda s is a market and roadside restaurant on the way to Tahoe.Julie Brown / SFGATE
I’m speeding through the lowlands of Sacramento suburbia toward Lake Tahoe. Interstate 80 is a blur of tract housing, strip malls, fast food joints and RV dealerships. Citrus Heights to Roseville to Rocklin it’s all highway signs and exit ramps curling up and away. I am tired, hot, hungry, thirsty and very much in need of a roadside pit stop. But I skip the Chipotles and Taco Bells and even the In-N-Outs because, on the drive to Tahoe, the place you want to stop is a country market and pie shop called Ikeda’s, just off the highway in Auburn.