Day 7 -
Nothing like a bear in your camp to get the morning started right!
Today takes us from Mud Lake to Tahoe Meadows, at the Mt Rose summit, where the hike began. Ron and John hit their goal of the entire 165 miles for the Tahoe Rim Trail Trough-hike, and due to my time away from the trail, I hit the Meadows with a mileage total of 101 miles.
Back to the bear. At 4:40 am, we all woke up the sound of something HEAVY walking past our tents. We've had enough deer walking by during the rest of the hike to know how they sound. This was definitely not a deer. Mud Lake is just uphill of Incline Village, and the saddle that we were camping on is probably on his usual trail to get to and from the rich raiding grounds of Incline. After the initial andrenalin rush, the only thing we had to worry about was laughing too hard at Ron, with his headlamp shining off into the darkness, holding his hiking pole, like a modern day jousting knight. Too bad we missed getting a picture!
This last day went really fast. It hits the highest point of the whole TRT, the 10,338 ft of Relay Peak, then past the Mt Rose waterfall trail, across the highway at the Mt Rose summit, and finally the 1 mile walk downhill though the Meadows to the initial trailhead. I saw more people in the last two miles of the trail, right near the summit parking lot, than I'd seen on the previous 99 miles combined. Kinda scary how busy that section is!
Ron and John hit earned their "165 Mile Club" membership today, but I still have 64 more miles to go. I can't wait to get started...
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| Sunrise over Lake Tahoe |
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| Incline Village all the way to Freel Peak on horizon. |
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| Looking north, towards Boca, Stapede, and the Sierra Buttes |
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| Tahoe Meadows, the goal, with Washoe Lake in distance. |
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| On top of Relay Peak, 10,338 ft. John is pointing the way, apparently. |
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