Our neighbors George and Vera invited us up to their condo at the base of the Kirkwood Ski Area for an Independence Day weekend. We enjoyed long dinners with their neighbors, and a couple of hikes.
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Lori and I have been hiking The Tahoe Rim Trail one (small) segment at a time. Because it was a 2 mile hike to the TRT and a 3.7 mile hike back from it, we only covered 2 miles of the TRT today for a total distance of 8.5 miles.
The wildflowers were amazing. There were vast fields of mule ears.
Here's a short movie of the hike.
The (not at all marked) trailhead from Schneider Camp |
The wildflowers were everywhere, including these crest
lupine |
Applegate paintbrush |
Scarlet gilia |
The cliff overlooking the opening to Kirkwood Meadows is in the background |
George waves near the top of the initial climb in a field of mule ears |
Lori, George, and Vera (Nala not pictured) hide from the wind |
A few succulents grow out of the rocks |
Mule ears in the foreground, Kirkwood ski area in the
background |
Lori above Showers Lake with Lake Tahoe in the background |
Eating lunch at Showers Lake |
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Showers Lake |
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George likes to swim in every lake he visits |
A purple flower grows in a rock |
This applegate paintbrush grows out of a rock too |
Pyramid Peak and Mt. Price |
Me and Lor in a field of mule ears |
Nala springs and bounds |
And then rests |
Me and Caples Lake |
An even less marked trailhead where we returned to the Schneider Camp road |
My Jeep took its maiden voyage down a rock-studded fire road today (partially seen in the "trailhead" photos). Although it wasn't strictly necessary, I tried the 4 wheel drive low and hill descent features. Very nice.
Today we covered 2.5 miles of the TRT with a total distance of 11.9 miles.
A small field of wandering daisies |
Wandering daisy |
Spreading phlox |
Bryan Meadow |
Lunch spot at Bryan Meadow |
Dead trees in a field of mule ears |
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