This is Sean and me above Sand Beach at Incline Village at Lake Tahoe. Do we look spent?
Can one imagine the turmoil and effort to get to this point? Up a trail that is grueling for 4 miles and then across the man built lake to take the Flume Trail above Lake Tahoe is grueling. It is not a trail for the faint of heart or the timid. Exhausting, yes. Scary, yes. Long, yes. My heart rate was at the max for the uphill and exhilarating for the trail. It is only wide enough for a bike at times and not that wide at others. We walked the bikes many times.
This flume was built for the miners in Virginia City some 20 mile east of here to supply lumber and water to the town. There is a great bit of history here and we are too spent to detail it here. In bed by 8:00 p.m.
This was my second time to do this. The first was 20 years ago and I must have forgotten how hard it was. Sandi, Shelley, Sean and I hiked up to it 24 years ago and it is still beautiful. There were Nevada State people up there milking trout for replant on other waters. Lahontan trout were there as well as rainbow.
If you want to know more look at www.flumetrail.com. I am never going to do it again.
