Day 13 (June 7, 2020): South Lake Tahoe – Emerald Bay

Woke up this morning in the Eldorado National Forest, where the temperature had dropped to 28 degrees. Over the week of travels the temperature has had more than a 90 degree change with the high of 121 in Death Valley.

Drove to South Lake Tahoe and hit up the TJ Max for some sweat pants for biking as I was not expecting such low temperatures in June.

Visited Emerald Bay and hiked the mile down to the Vikingholm house.

Emerald Bay
View from trailhead of waterfall from Vikingholm trailhead
Vikingholm
Emerald Bay from Vikingholm

While at Emerald Bay it started to snow.

Snow at Emerald Bay

Camped at a campground in South Lake Tahoe due to the low temperatures and shower facilities as I hadn’t had a proper shower for 6-days. I had been using pre-moistened body wipes daily, but it was time for a good hair washing.

South Lake Tahoe campground

Just finished dinner (veggie hotdogs over and open fire) when the clouds blew in and started snowing more heavily than earlier in the day.

Snow at the campground