Harvey gave Ron the reliable work he'd hoped for as he and Toots continued to grow their family. As they moved, Toots was pregnant with their second son, and final addition, David Allen. The hard winters in Tahoe were no match for Toots who had grown up in a working Ohio family and knew how to take care of herself. She continued to chop wood, plan around a tight budget, and shovel endless snow. Ron worked countless nights at the casino, a star in South Lake Tahoe.
Ron's tunes at Top of the Wheel drew crowds from all over. Jazz lovers and young professionals from San Francisco and Sacramento would drive all night to come hear him play and dance well into the night. Throughout his 43 years at Harvey's, he would rub shoulders, play music and often host family dinners for talents coming through the South Lake Tahoe area, from BB King, Liberace, and Jay Leno, to name a small few. A local living legend, Ron Rose released three albums during his career among many single recordings and traveling from coast to coast sharing his love of melody and jazz.
The Rose family gained the reputation as a stronghold in the small Tahoe community. Always enough food to spare, family dinners created a community and family gatherings were common place. Ron's many nights away from his family brought them closer together, an unintended representation of Ron. He loved bringing people together. Whether through song or through family, Ron would often sit in a chair and tilt his head back with a childish smile in awe- mouth slightly open and the corners of his lips turned up- to watch the chaos of love, life and laughter unfold before him. It became clear in his later years that this was his true masterpiece.