August 2020 - Lake Tahoe
We took advantage of the cancellations from COVID closure to jump on a prime weekend camping spot at Lake Tahoe. We did some hiking, and attempted to go for a sail but got basically no wind so it was more of a motor around the lake. Still lovely!
We took advantage of the cancellations from COVID closure to jump on a prime weekend camping spot at Lake Tahoe. We did some hiking, and attempted to go for a sail but got basically no wind so it was more of a motor around the lake. Still lovely!
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| Our campsite! It was a good one. | Our substitute campfire thanks to the fire ban:-/ | |
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| Emerald Bay first thing in the morning. It was empty! | The Vikingsholm | We haven't seen grass roofs like this since Norway! |
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| Really lovely detail work on the house | Hiking around the lake | Beautiful clear lake water! |
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| A cove just outside Emerald Bay | Our lunch spot, at the midpoint of the hike | |
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| A perfect lunch rock | Crystal clear water | The west coast of the lake |
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| Finishing lunch | A Common Merganser. A whole raft came over while we were eating lunch. | Looking for food! |
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| Mergansers in normal mode... | ...and in turbo mode! | Running on the water |
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| By noon a flood of boats were coming into the bay | The serene peace of the early morning disappeared quickly as the shor of the bay filled up with boats | It was exactly the spring break atmosphere. Yuck. |
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| Overlooking the lake from Eagle Point | ||
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| Overlooking Emerald Bay | Attempting to sail | We anchored for lunch at a beautiful patch of lake coast |
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| Crystal clear water! | The anchor perfectly cradled a rock that we discovered when weighing anchor! | |
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| Trying to get the rock out | An adorable Red-breasted Nuthatch | A Mountain Chickadee |
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| A fledgling American Robin | ||
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| An Osprey perched up in a tree | ||
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| The osprey nest, in that same tree |