Time for a hard discussion. Your personal expectations of what you think you can do, versus the reality of what you are doing. Two days down and The Bobbi Walters is not having fun. Sure it is great scenery and I am a delightful companion (insert eye roll here) and we have made it to this point, but all of day 1 and the last half of day 2 has been Type 2 fun for Bobbi and that needs to change. I know a lot of hikers when they hike together have an "everyone for themselves mentality" and that is fine if you came into it separately, and just decided to hike together for awhile, but when I start a hike with a partner or group then for me it becomes the success of the group. I have never been hung up on the finish at all costs thing, besides, how can anyone not enjoy this scenery for as long as you get to be out here, but the facts are we have a limited amount of time set for this hike and at this pace we are not going to get around the whole lake and more importantly the fun factor is not going up for my partner.
We decide that we will limit our days to 10 miles total. In addition Showers Lake is only 4 miles away and this was the spot that would have gotten us back on track, so we will take it easy and just hike that tomorrow and rest the entire day. Since we are up in altitude this will give Bobbi another chance to acclimatize with a much less strenuous day. We will work out other details of our change of plans as it relates to our total mileage, Desolation Wilderness permit and our nero day in Tahoe City as the trip progresses... One thing at a time.. First fun factor must go up.
Rare selfie down by Round Lake. It started off a very cold, while sunny day. The weather forecast on my Garmin inReach is calling for snow starting at 12 noon!
We get away from camp around 9 am. Giant granite boulders sheared off the cliff above and almost rolled into the lake (many, many years ago!)
The section leaving the lake is all wooded with many streams.
After just over 2 miles from Round Lake you come across an awesome site. The TRT breaks out of the woods and joins the PCT at the Meiss Cabin. The PCT and TRT share a trail for the next 50 miles going North.
The Meiss Cabin is private and sits at the headwaters of the Truckee River. I could live here!
(notice some of the heavier clouds coming over the ridges in the background)
Walking on another mile you stroll through some of most beautiful meadows I have ever seen.
As we approached Showers Lake you start to go uphill sharply again. Despite the sunshine today the wind had been cold and as we start to climb the hill below Showers it is 11:30 am and starting to really look like snow.
We arrive at Showers Lake exactly at noon and I get the tent up as quickly as possible as it starts to hail right as predicted.
Very quickly it starts to accumulate. We have made it into the tent warm and dry and this was our stopping point for the day, but we had hoped to lounge outside and just rest, not be tent bound in a snow storm!
Lying in the tent, knocking snow off the roof every few minutes... very comical... was this suppose to stick?
And so for the next 7 hours it snows. Just before sunset it lets up a bit to get out and catch this magnificent view! Then it is back in the tent for a total of almost 16 hours of just laying around.... Who was it that planned a rest day??
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