We were a bit concerned that there would be a lot of smoke in the air from all of the California wildfires. Descending down the grade into the Lake Tahoe area from highway 50, there was a visible haze over the lake. It was a 5 minute drive south on Highway 89 to the the trail.
After beginning our journey from the trailhead, there was a half-mile climb to reach Big Meadow. At the meadow we were excited to see smoke free blue skies as we hiked further south.
After a good 3 mile trek, we arrived at our destination for the evening, Round Lake. We walked around the lake for quite some time trying to find a good campsite. I think Colleen was ready to kill me after we passed ten perfectly good campsites and had to do some boulder hopping to reach the inviting area on the southwest side of the lake. The campsite did give us a nice view of the unique "dardanelle" rock formations surrounding the lake.
Colleen and I had a wonderful time at Round Lake and we hiked out after only one night. We hope to go back to the area on a longer trip to visit some of the other lakes in the area (Dardanelles Lake, Meiss Lake, Showers Lake). Next time I'll be sure to bring a fishing pole as we watched a father and son catch a nice brook trout on a fly rod.
2 comments:
What a beautiful trip. I am so glad you guys did that - maybe the next time you go there will be with children in tow?!?!?! :-)
Guys, that looked fun, probably not as fun as if I were there, but still fun. Also nice pictures, but I'm not sure if your flower pics compare to mine, I mean, I'm pretty much an expert at that... let me know if you want any tips ;)
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