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A Few Days on the Lake at Tahoe

·Placer County, California·#summer#boating#lake tahoe#sierra nevada
Dark blue rippling lake water in the foreground, with a dense evergreen forest lining the far shore under a clear blue sky.

Middle of a few days on the lake, staying at a place on the Placer County side with a dock and a swim trampoline anchored off the end of it. Yesterday wound down right there — the sun dropped behind the ridge and the mountains at the far end went to outline while the water kept moving under the dock, and nobody hurried inside.

Today was the boat day. Tahoe sits at about 6,225 feet and goes down 1,645 at its deepest, and out in the middle you believe both numbers — the blue turns a color that doesn't happen in shallower water. The morning was flat enough that our own wake was the only disturbance for a long stretch. We ran down the shore toward the south end, where the high peaks were still carrying patches of snow in July, and eased past a treed point where other boats were already collecting near the beach.

Back at the dock by evening, kayaks tied up along the near side, trampoline still bobbing where we left it.

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