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Fourth of July at Kings Beach

·Placer County, California·#beach#summer#lake tahoe#fourth of july#kids
A panoramic view of a sandy beach crowded with people, colorful umbrellas, boats on a lake, and distant mountains.

Fourth of July at Kings Beach, along with what looked like half of Tahoe. Umbrellas and tents the whole length of the sand, boats anchored out past the swim line, kids everywhere with buckets and nets.

The girls went straight for the water. It's shallow a long way out at Kings Beach and clear enough to see the bottom, so they had plenty of room to work with. Most of the time went to a big flat rock near the shore — climbing up, balancing, jumping off, climbing back up. The pink swimsuit stayed soaked all afternoon.

Eventually we dragged them out and got hats back on heads, one Hello Kitty and one white cap, though only one of the two was willing to smile about it by then. The wind had come up over the lake by the time we packed it in.

A panoramic view of a crowded sandy beach with people, colorful umbrellas, and boats on a clear blue lake, surrounded by forests.A child balances on a rock in shallow lake water, with many other people, boats, and distant mountains under a blue sky.A child stands on a rock in a clear lake with other people, distant mountains, and boats under a blue sky.A child in a purple swimsuit stands on rocks in a lake with other people, boats, and mountains under a blue sky.A child in a purple swimsuit stands on rocks in a lake with other people, boats, and mountains in the background.A smiling child in a pink swimsuit stands in shallow lake water with people, boats, and mountains in the background.A child in a purple swimsuit stands on rocks in a lake with other people, boats, and mountains in the background.A man in sunglasses carries a smiling child in a pink hat, another child stands beside them at a sunny beach.

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