Rule number one when you want to spend a day at Lake Tahoe in your own private cove. Get there early! Dave and I pack up in the morning....Well OK, Dave packs up early in the morning. It takes me 30 minutes to drink my coffee and put on my sunblock - a must before you hit the beach and sun at 6,000+ feet. Dave makes sandwiches and packs our day packs, etc.
We arrive at the lake before 9am. It takes a good 30-40 minutes to hike down from the road to the lake and find the perfect spot. The water is low this year meaning more sandy spots, but bad for the CA water supply.
It is amazing the amount of stuff that you can pack down in two day packs: sun tent, umbrella, one blanket, two towels, lunch, water, reading material, iPods, camera, binoculars.... well you get the picture.
There is nothing better than relaxing with nothing else to do except read, lay in the sun, and catch up on my Fresh Air podcasts.
The weather was picture perfect. Sunny and in the low 70's. Blue sky and puffy white clouds. It was surprisingly empty on both Friday and Saturday. All of the hotels in King's Beach had vacancy signs. The economy is hurting tourism in the area.
We were lucky enough to see a mother with her ducklings and a family of geese with their goslings when we were there.
Some of Dave's pictures from our day.
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