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A Few Days of June Snow and Sunsets

·Truckee, California·#sunset#tahoe#snow#spring#lake
A snowy mountain lake scene with pine trees, an overcast sky, and a white van parked on a wet road.

Back home for a stretch in mid-June, and the weather was all over the place. I woke up one morning to a fresh dusting of snow on everything. It was weird seeing the balcony chairs and the pine trees coated in white when summer is supposed to be just around the corner. The lake looked dark and choppy under a heavy grey sky. My van was parked down on the road, looking like it was bracing for winter again.

The chill stuck around into the evening, so a fire felt necessary. We just sat around the fire pit in the dark, watching the embers burn down. It was quiet and cold.

And then, as if to make up for the strange snow, the sunsets for the next couple of nights were incredible. The sky just exploded with color after the sun went down behind the mountains. Intense pinks and purples filled the clouds and reflected perfectly on the calm water. It was one of those light shows that doesn't look real, but you're standing right there watching it. A good reminder of how quickly things change up here.

A snow-covered balcony with two yellow chairs overlooks pine trees, a road with a white van, and a lake.A bright bonfire burns in a metal fire pit, with a person's foot and a red object visible in the dark.A lake reflects a vibrant pink and blue cloud-filled sky above dark, tree-covered mountains.A lake reflecting a colorful sky with purple, blue, and orange clouds, behind dark, snow-capped mountains.A vivid sunset with pink and blue clouds reflected on a large lake, flanked by dark mountains.A lake reflects a vivid pink and blue sunset sky with dark mountain silhouettes in the background.Vibrant pink and blue clouds fill the sky above dark mountains and a calm body of water at dusk.Vibrant pink and purple sunset sky reflected in a lake, with dark silhouetted mountains and distant snow-capped peaks.

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