In general, summer weather in Lake Tahoe is 80 degrees high, 50 degrees low, low humidity with dramatically clear skies. Deep blue during day and uncountable stars at night. But we are currently in a two week period where we have significant afternoon thunderheads, cloud cover, followed by showers, lightning and humidity. Bizarre, abnormal, and the old timers are buzzing.
Yes, but those western alpenglow sunsets over the big mountains are awesome…
I took my little ‘sit on top’ kayak out for a spin yesterday. About 100 yards off shore she began to feel sluggish. She did not seem to be lower in the water but I headed directly to shore. The water is 48 degrees here in Lake Tahoe at the end of May and 100 yards out it is 400 feet deep. As I got closer to shore, the kayak got heavier and the water in the hull moved from side to side making it very unstable. Then she went over but fortunately I was in waist deep water by then. Cold, very cold. But I was able to drag her to shore and turn her upside down to drain. I put my life jacket on (yeah, I know). I followed the shore line home stopping 5 times to drain the boat. About 12 people a year die on this lake from exposure mostly. A good lesson.
