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September Morning on the Water at Tahoe

·California, United States·#hiking#california#tahoe#lake#kayaking
A lake with mist reflecting forested hills and colorful clouds in a blue and golden sky.

Got to the water before the fog did anything about leaving. It sat in a band across the lake, hiding the far shore, and the surface was flat enough that the clouds doubled themselves right down to the reeds at my feet. Worth the early alarm.

By the time the boat was in, the fog had burned off completely and the day went straight to hard blue. Paddled toward the shallow end where the willows and grasses take over — the bottom stayed visible most of the way, weed beds moving under the hull.

The surprise was the sheep. Hundreds of them spread across the dry meadow above the shore, all heads down, working through the grass. Stood there a while listening to them tear at it.

On the way back we stopped at a smaller lake in the trees, where the dog claimed a fallen log that runs out into the water and had to be talked back off of it.

A calm lake reflects a bright blue sky, tree-covered hills, and sun glare.View from a boat on a blue lake with tree-covered hills and mountains under a bright blue sky.A rippled lake in the foreground, backed by a grassy shoreline, dense pine forests, and distant mountains under a clear blue sky.A large flock of sheep grazes in a sunny, grassy field with distant forested mountains under a blue sky.Blue sky with scattered white clouds and a faint crescent moon.A person and a dog sit on a log across a calm lake, surrounded by a lush green forest under a sunny blue sky.

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