We Walked to Base Camp

July 23, 2025, I wrote that the day before we had spent the day on the shore of Lake Tahoe and had set up at the Tahoe city campground.

I had done everything once I’ve finished writing so I just got in my sleepingbag. It was cold so I had everything on. I noted that I can’t really sleep on hard ground so ended up turning three positions all night.

By about seven in the morning, the boys miraculously packed all their sleeping bags and broke the tent down. We thanked the camp host and walked over to Connection Coffee for breakfast. I charged my phone just enough and then we walked to Base Camp Hotel.

We dropped a bag at the hotel and walked to the laundromat and started a load. After that, I left the boys in the playground to contemplate the lake. It had been pretty cool the whole time we had been traveling so I had to wait until it was warm enough out at around 3 o’clock to go swimming in the big lake.

We walked back on the waterfront and checked into the hotel. We walked to Bridge Keeper then and had dinner. Later we stopped at the ice cream and then walked back to the hotel. It cooled down significantly at 4:30 and we were cold when we got back.

 
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