Blue as a topaz and surrounded by majestic peaks, the High Sierra gem that stretches along the California-Nevada border is a must see. Nowhere else can you inhale air "so pure and clean ... it's the same air that angels breathe," as Mark Twain put it. A look around, especially from the spectacular viewpoints like the one above Emerald Bay State Park, and it's easy to see why Twain was so entranced.[...]
