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Late August Stillness Near Tahoe

·Sierra County, California·#summer#tahoe#sierra nevada#camping#overlanding
View from inside a tent showing a mesh skylight and windows revealing blue sky and tall trees.

A few quiet days near the end of August. Waking up here means the first thing I see is the tops of the pines through the mesh of the tent. Mornings are straightforward: get the pour-over coffee setup going while the air is still cool.

Our camp was simple but comfortable. We had the rooftop tent on the trailer, a couple of chairs out, and an orange hammock strung between two trees that caught the afternoon sun. The green Jeep was parked just up the dirt road, ready to go but mostly sitting still. It was a good, quiet base for a few days.

I spent some time walking down to the lake. There's a cluster of old wooden buildings near the water, weathered and quiet. One of them looked like it might have been an old hotel or store, with its windows now boarded up. They feel like they've been part of this landscape for a long time.

The lake itself was sparkling under a completely clear sky. The water was calm, with just a small boat docked at the shore. It was a peaceful, standard few days spent outdoors before the season changes.

An outdoor kitchen setup shows a Chemex coffee maker, ground coffee, a yellow mug, and internal shelves.A green Jeep Wrangler with a winch and light bar is parked on a gravel road in a pine forest, with a silver ladder in the foreground.An orange hammock hangs between a large tree and a smaller tree in a bright forest under a clear blue sky.A blue rooftop tent on a trailer with an open kitchen, ladder, and chairs in a sunny forest setting.Old wooden buildings line a dirt path leading to a red truck by a blue lake under a clear sky.An old wooden building with a metal roof stands in a grassy field surrounded by tall evergreen trees under a blue sky.A sparkling lake with a small boat docked at a pier, bordered by a forest and hills under a clear blue sky.A wide lake with small ripples reflects the bright blue sky, bordered by densely forested hills in the distance.

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