Sugar Pine Sunday
March 21st, 2021
Yesterday we arrived at Sugar Pine Point State Park on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. The beauty here comes through so loud and clear, there’s really no need for words.
Pine Lodge :: Hellman-Ehrman Mansion
If you’re interested in reading about the historic Hellman-Ehrman Mansion (Pine Lodge), you can read more information here. It’s currently closed, but fingers crossed it’ll be open this summer.
Enjoy the pictorial below!
Kelly
P.S. I’m behind on comments but will reply tomorrow!
Post of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you while staying close to home.
View to the east
Sugar Pine Point State Park
Clearly blue
Extremely cold water!
View from Pine Lodge :: Hellman-Ehrman Mansion
Pine Lodge :: Hellman-Ehrman Mansion
Pine Lodge :: Hellman-Ehrman Mansion
View to the north
Cabin on the property
The boat house
Pump house
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No need for words indeed. Beautiful 😊
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Thanks Andrew!
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This is better suited to the summer, but still the view of the lake between the trees makes for a great landscape.
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It is one of the great vantage points on the lake and a rarity with so much space. Nowadays, the shore is crowded in many places.
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Peggy and I took our daughter and her two sons camping there two years ago. I had taken my 13-year-old grandson Ethan backpacking with me over a section of the PCT I was doing through Granite Chief and Desolation. Great photos, Kelly, but where’s the sugar pine cone? 🙂 –Curt
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Camping here must have been spectacular! And hard to come by these days. Good question! I didn’t see any sugar pine cones. You know I would have photographed it if I had. 🙂 Maybe I’ll post one from another outing so people can see the size. Thanks for the idea, Curt!
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As many sugar pine cones as I’ve seen over the years, Kelly, I still take their photos. And they have often ended up in my posts on backpacking. When we were at Sugar Pine SP, we watched a small squirrel dragging one across the ground. Pretty funny. Bit of wilderness wisdom: Don’t stand or sit under a sugar pine tree when a squirrel is up in the tree harvesting the cones! 🙂 One more thought: The nuts from sugar pine cones are delicious and, unlike other pine cones, easily opened. –Curt
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Good tips, Curt!! I need to try a sugar pine nut! So intrigued!
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You’ll have to work fast, Kelly, to beat the squirrels to them. 🙂
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