Journeys›Photograph

Lake Days for the Fourth

·Placer County, California·#summer#lake life#tahoe#mountains#dogs
A wide lake with rippling blue water surrounded by green forested mountains under a clear blue sky.

Fourth of July on the water this year. We put in the morning at the lake, which was flat and mostly empty early on — one paddleboarder way out in the middle and not much else moving. The docks on the east end still had their boats tied up, so the crowds hadn't shown yet.

Worked our way along the shoreline through the afternoon. The shallows near the beach were clear enough to see straight down to the sand, and the shade under the pines was the only reasonable place to stand by midday.

Ended the day up high, above the tree line, where the granite still had patches of snow in the hollows and a little haze was sitting over the ranges to the west. Back down before dark.

A blue lake with distant mountains and a forested shoreline with several wooden docks under a clear sky.A person paddleboarding on a calm lake with a dense forest of evergreen trees and a clear blue sky.A wide lake with ripples reflects the clear blue sky, surrounded by densely forested mountains.A calm lake with a shaded, rocky shore and an overhead pine branch, bordered by forested mountains under a blue sky.A scenic lake with a clear blue sky, bordered by dense evergreen forests on one side and distant mountains.Panoramic view of forested mountains with rocky slopes, some snow, and ski lifts under a clear, hazy blue sky.

More Entries