Coming out of the Redwood National Park the temperatures soared. At one point the little temperature gauge in the truck said it was 113 degrees. We re-evaluated our game plan and decided to head east at the latitude we were at as opposed to the original plan of going through southern California on our way to Texas.
Since we have purchased season ski passes for our Feb/Mar skiing at Heavenly Valley we decided to head over to South Lake Tahoe to check out the RV accommodations. While there we did quite a bit of hiking around mountains above the lake.
The lake is very pretty.
There are some other alpine lakes near the big lake.
Great views of the lake from atop the mountains.
When you get down on the lake you will find the water clear and cold.
We did a little rock climbing in the area. Ran into my first Open Cold Shut anchor. I thought them quite dangerous until I talked to a more experienced climber who taught me how to set them up properly. Most of the climbing in this area is traditional mountaineering. Barbara says she is ready with her "injectors", the rest of the world calls them Camelot's.
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