Waterfalls

Last week Mike and I were able to take an afternoon hike to Eagle Falls and Eagle Lake.  We hiked to Eagle falls back in February when the trail was covered in snow (see previous post here).  This time, we were able to continue the 1 mile hike to Eagle Lake.  What a difference a few months makes, there was NO snow on the trail this time.  There were waterfalls EVERYWHERE and they were all rapidly flowing from all the snow melt.

Eagle Lake 

One of MANY alpine lakes around Tahoe. 

Little island on Eagle Lake 

A waterfall feeding the lake.  

Part of the river/falls leaving Eagle Lake. 

The river running toward the Emerald Bay and Lake Tahoe. 

Eagle Falls

Over the weekend, we took another short hike to Cascade Lake and Cascade Falls.  It was approximately a 2 mile hike to the falls.  At the trailhead there was a huge sign with the trail map and this quote: 

BEAUTIFUL waters of Cascade Lake. 

Cascade Lake with Lake Tahoe in the background. 

Cascade falls leading down to the lake.  

We stopped for a break at the top.  

Spring mountain flowers.  

After our morning hike to Cascade Lake/Falls, we had a picnic lunch and headed down to the lake to paddle out to the sandbar for some beach time.  We took a cooler and some chairs... and Mike paddled with the pooch on his board... and we soaked up the rays while staring in the direction of beautiful Mt. Tallac.  Not too shabby.  

Z chased away the birds, and swam in the lake.  He LOVED it.  

The sandbar.  We had it all to ourselves for most of the day.  

Low flying plane - that would be a very scenic flight! 

Overall, 2 really great hikes and a relaxing day at the beach!  We are getting really used to this.  But, yesterday we were wearing our bathing suits and today it's raining/snowing.  I thought this kind of drastic weather changes only happened in NC... but I guess it happens everywhere!