We planned a midweek trip to Lake Tahoe in August to celebrate our 45th anniversary or just to get out of town for a few days. Lately you can almost count on smoke from a forest fire sometime during the summer. This summer was no exception. Our trip turned out to be during the beginning days of giant forest fire just south of Lake Tahoe. Fortunately the wind was blowing in a good direction, so we usually just had hazy skies.
We stayed at the Tahoe Marina where we held our family reunion last year. The water is significantly lower this year, so our nice shallow beach access is currently a mudflat. Peter's famly joined us for dinner our first night
The next day Calvin rode his mountain bike somewhere and I took a walk along a forest trail south, which really just followed the road south, which was not all that interesting until I came across the Chapel of the Transfiguration. We've driven past this building dozens of times and I never noticed it.
This outdoor Episcopal chapel was built in 1909 and held regular outdoor services until 2019. It has since been sold and appear to be a very nice picnic area now.
That evening we had tickets to The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, abridged. The smoke was clear enough to allow the oudoor performance, but the bright red sunset was probably a little more interesting than this particular play.
The next morning, while Calvin rode his bike, I walked north along the Truckee River path from Tahoe City to River Ranch. We have rafted this stretch a couple of times, but the walk was really beautiful.
One of the afternoons we kayaked on the lake and spotted a bald eagle pair, but didn't have our water camera. So you'll just have to imagine them.
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