Journal Entries

Day 2

While we relax at Spooner Lake picnic area (after some hot hiking and then cooling off in the lake) enjoying the shade and easy access to potable water, @mypictograph does an oil pastel sketch of the woods, while @brienne and myself wild harvest pine nuts from the large Jeffrey Pine cones.

Spooner Lake, our destination at the end of day 2. There was no designated camping area here and it was a state park, so we crossed the highway and stealth camped in the national forest for the evening.

Day 2

Walking from Marlette Lake to Spooner Lake. The views are fabulous but in the lower elevations without the breeze it's very hot.

More views of Lake Tahoe.

Day 2 More snow, more fantastic weather, and more fantastic views.

This camp, considered primitive was quite luxurious by our standards. It had picnic tables, a nice big outhouse, and a water pump (though the pump was broken).

Packs disgorged at camp after a tiring day. The map said we were supposed to have travelled 14 miles. My GPS watch said we did 18 miles. The reality was that it was somewhere in between due to the fits-and-starts we had in the beginning stages where we wandered around trying to figure out where the trail went.

Day 1

Near the end of the day, hiking into camp. Marlette Lake to the right.

After the long snowy section, we were greeted with a beautiful alpine sage area with fantastic views of Lake Tahoe. This made all of the work it took to get here worthwhile.