Tahoe National Forest
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Bowman Mountain Loop Tahoe National Forest |
July 28, 2017
What a day!
Entering Loney Meadow
Diverging from the scheduled route
On the Bowman Mountain Trail
Corn Lilies
The trail has been inexplicably diverted up this old road
Some type of Checkerspot
A Lorquin's Admiral, with much of its right wing missing
The placement of this sign is confusing
Bowman Lake, and Sierra Buttes in the distance
David opts to nap for a while longer
After lunch, the scenery immediately improves
Royal Penstemon
David has awakened, and the bears didn't get him
Bowman Mountain
The nicest garden of the day
Farewell to Bowman Lake
More climbing to the saddle
Not two miles, but a very long three miles
A glimpse of Lower Rock Lake
The doggies jumped Judi right here
The first company of the day
Several rocks were painted like this
Not such a nice forest
This is more like it
Back at Loney Meadow
That's the mountain we circumambulated
Made it!
§: The second half of the loop was just under half a mile
longer than the first part — a worthwhile tradeoff for the good
scenery. Was anyone looking at it? Was this good training for Peru?
| Scenery |  |
| Difficulty |  |
| Solitude |  |
** Later, I tested my GPS against my car odometer, which has an error
of 1%, and they showed the same distance; so perhaps the walk was
somewhat longer after all.
