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A Calm November Walk on Tahoe's East Shore

·Nevada, United States·#hiking#lake tahoe#nevada#autumn#east-shore
A large blue lake with distant mountains under a bright blue sky, with tall pine trees and shrubs in the foreground.

Drove down from Truckee for a walk along the east shore, and the lake was as flat as I've seen it. No wind at all — the far side sat in haze and the water barely moved against the rocks.

The trail was nearly empty this far into November. From up on the bluffs you could see straight to the bottom in the coves, that band of turquoise over the granite before it drops off into the deep blue. Worth stopping for even when you've seen it plenty of times.

Ended up down at the water where the big boulders sit offshore, trees on the point reflecting almost without a wobble. Stood there a while. Cold enough to want a jacket in the shade, fine in the sun.

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