While promiscuous fishing is not allowed now in the famous Marlette Lake, eight miles away, the patrons of Glenbrook Inn can always secure permits, without any vexatious inquiries or delays, and there an abundance of gamey trout of various species are caught.

The bathing facilities here are exceptionally good.  There is a long stretch of sandy beach, which extends far out into the water, thus ensuring both warmth and safety to children as well as adults.

In mountain and trail climbing Glenbrook has a field all its own.  The ride or drive to Marlette Lake is a beautiful one, and the climb to Marlette Peak not arduous.  The chief mountain peaks easily reached from Glenbrook are Dubliss, Edith, and Genoa Peaks, which not only afford the same wonderful and entrancing views of Lake Tahoe that one gains from Freel’s, Mt.  Tallac, Ellis and Watson’s Peaks, but in addition lay before the entranced vision the wonderful Carson Valley, with Mt.  Davidson and other historic peaks on the eastern horizon.

The drive along the shore by the famous Cave Rock to Lakeside Park or Tallac is one that can be enjoyed daily, and for those who like driving through and over tree-clad hills, surrounded by majestic mountains, the drive over the Carson road is enchanting.

[Illustration:  Glennbrook Inn, on Nevada side Lake Tahoe]

[Illustration:  Sunset at Glenbrook, Lake Tahoe]

[Illustration:  by Harold A. Parker.  Carnelian Bay, Lake Tahoe]

[Illustration:  Cottage overlooking Carnelian Bay, Lake Tahoe]

It is at Glenbrook that the famous Shakspeare head is to be seen graphically described by John Vance Cheney, and quoted elsewhere (Chap.  XVI).

TO MARLETTE LAKE FROM GLENBROOK

Marlette Lake and Peak are two of the attractive features to visitors at Glenbrook Inn.  The trip can be made in a little over two hours, and as on the return it is down hill nearly all the way, the return trip takes a little less.

Leaving Glenbrook on the excellently kept macadamized road over which Hank Monk used to drive stage from Carson City, the eyes of the traveler are constantly observing new and charming features in the mountain landscape.  The Lake with its peculiar attractions is left entirely behind, with not another glimpse of it until we stand on the flume at Lake Marlette.  Hence it is a complete change of scenery, for now we are looking ahead to tree-clad summits where eagles soar and the sky shines blue.

About two and a half miles out we come to Spooner’s, once an active, bustling, roadside hotel, where in the lumbering and mining days teams lined the road four, six and eight deep.  Now, nothing but a ramshackle old building remains to tell of its former greatness.  Here we made a sharp turn to the left, leaving the main road and taking the special Marlette Lake road.  We cross the grade of the abandoned railway—­the rails, engines and equipment of which are now operating between Truckee and Tahoe—­see in the distance the tunnel through which the trains used to take the lumber, and notice on the hill-sides the lines of the old flumes which used to convey the water to the reservoir on the other side of the tunnel, or bring water and lumber ready to be sent on the further journey down to Carson City.