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Backpacking List Updated 16 August 2023
General hardware items:
One pack frame per person One pair of collapsable trekking poles per person One 2-person backpacking tent and footprint tarp for each pair of campers One lightweight sleeping bag, compact mattress and pillow per person Small first aid kit: 10+ multi-size bandages, tweezers and small antiseptic
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Here are some photos from our latest family get-together. If you have any other good photos, please send to me and I will post them.
An ursine visitor
Emerald Bay
At the Taylor Creek Visitors Center
Taylor Creek, well above normal levels
Kiva Beach
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Here are some photos from our Christmas 2022 family gathering:
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Several of us just returned from a very nice trip to Costa Rica (minus Covid-19). Here are some photos. Please send more if you have them.
On the porch at one of two cabins
Out in the surf
Dinner in Puerto Viejo
Back yard of cabin
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We just completed an enjoyable family visit, once again at magnificent Lake Tahoe. Here are some photos.
Clementine and Diane celebrate their birthday
Glendon, Michelle and Matilda kayaking on the lagoon
Chrissy and Clementine paddleboarding on Fallen Leaf Lake
Michelle, Chrissy and Diane start ascent of Mt
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPERATING THE TAHOE THERMOSTAT Updated: 10 November 2024
Recently the heating system in the Tahoe home was upgraded to include air conditioning. It is not often very hot at Lake Tahoe, and it usually cools down at night. However, especially during the spring and summer months, there is often a large amount of
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Our 2021 Christmas visit was a very snowy one, but very enjoyable nonetheless. Here are some photos of this memorable event.
Winter wonderland
Anyone for a barbecue?
Rachelle at the lagoon
Evening dinner
Linda on snowshoes
Holland and Rachelle disappearing into the snow
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Updated 4 September 2023
The Lake Margaret trailhead is 5.2 miles west of Carson Pass on Hwy 88, just past the western end of Caples Lake (if you reach the Kirkwood Resort, you have gone too far). The trail passes a variety of pleasant scenery, before arriving at Lake Margaret, a lovely alpine lake with
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Updated 30 December 2023
This geocache marks a trail that is NOT on many online maps (not on the geocaching.com maps, for instance), but is a convenient route to reach Lower and Upper Angora Lakes from South Lake Tahoe during the winter months when the main access road is closed, or whenever one wishes to
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Updated 29 July 2025
The Tamarack trail, starts from the Lily Lake trailhead (see the Glen Alpine trail), then goes steeply up the nearby valley, eventually ending at Tamarack Lake, which is along the Pacific Crest Trail. Near the summit of the hike, one can take a branch trail to Triangle Lake, and from there
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