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Trailer down to the lake with the dogs

·Truckee, California·#tahoe#camping#autumn#overlanding#jeep
A deer with antlers grazes in a green yard with trees, rocks, and buildings in the background.

A buck was working over the lawn when I looked out — head down in the clover, not bothered by anything. He got the yard to himself for a while.

Then we hitched the WoollyBear to the Jeep and took it down to the south shore, popped the tent up in the pines. The dogs claimed the one bed between them, both curled into it on the rug, and stayed that way most of the afternoon.

Walked out to the beach as it got dark. Clouds sat low on the mountains across the water and the lights on the far shore were just coming on. When we came back down in daylight the clouds had broken up and the lake was that deep blue it only gets with a little wind on it. Two buoys out past the swim line, nobody in the water.

A deer with antlers grazes on a green lawn with trees, large rocks, a birdhouse, and a building behind.A deployed blue rooftop tent on a white off-road trailer with a cooler and ladder, parked among pine trees.A dark green Jeep Wrangler with a front winch and roof light bar is parked among trees with sun rays.A blue rooftop tent is set up on a white overland trailer with a ladder in a pine forest campsite.Two dogs sleep in a fluffy bed on a striped mat outdoors, with a beach chair and picnic table nearby.A dark beach and calm lake with distant mountains under a cloudy sky, with lights on the far shore.Cloudy sky over dark mountains and a lake, with a sandy foreground, distant lights, and a white buoy.A vast lake with mountains under a cloudy sky, a sandy beach, and two buoys.

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