Trail beside one of many many lakes in the Desolation Wilderness.
View north from Dick's Pass, overlooking the desolation wilderness and Dick's Lake. This pass was only around 9000 feet, about 4000 feet lower than Forester Pass a few weeks ago.
At Richardson Lake I walked in at dark with 'Drifter' and found 'Love Shots', 'Party Foul', and 'Taco' camped out. They found a canoe at the lake and spent the afternoon trying to fish and relaxing. I took the canoe out for a little splash in the morning. FUN!
The guys camped out had eaten 16 Crayfish that afternoon. They were everywhere! I couldn't resist picking this little guy out for a quick photo.
Lots and lots of tree walking in this section. Now that we are at lower elevations there is a lot of green stuff growing, whereas at higher elevations the forest floor is mostly bare.
Trail Magic! 'Why Not' had a friend from Sacramento dayhiking with her and 'Why Wait' and she treated us to beer, cheese and crackers. MMMMMMmmmmmm! Just before they showed up, Party Foul had resorted to asking passing cars if they had beer he could buy from them....he was getting desparate.
Ridge view with Lake Tahoe in the distance.
We passed through 3 ski resorts on the last day of the section.
For Sarah... dayhiker dogs.
Another ridge we followed a ways. That's Tiller Knob in the far end of the ridge.
Duct tape a couple weeks ago helped, but there's only so much you can do for the poor socks stuck on a thruhikers foot... I used to wash my socks at the beginning, but now I just shake them out a couple times a day. Gotta be careful, washing might remove the 'patches'.
My feet pretty much hate me lately.
I got into South Lake and used the bathroom... it turns out I'm now that homeless person using the public bathrooms and internet... You can't tell well from the picture, but my nose is peeling for I think the 3rd time (4th maybe?) and I'm DIRTY! I'm surprised I got the 3 rides into town so easy. I probably wouldn't pick me up.
South Lake Tahoe is on the California / Nevada state line. That's one of 4 or 5 casinos just across into the Nevada side.
It's been feeling like my hitchhiking trip a few years ago... camping in town isn't much different than camping in the bush. You just have to be a bit more careful of spots, and are rewarded by having an extra $45 to spend on food instead of a bed! What was that I said 'looking' like that homeless person....?
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