Lovely Lake Tahoe

As we headed up the mountain road towards Incline Village and Lake Tahoe, we hoped that we wouldn't encounter any rain. We had watched the weather reports on the morning TV program coming out of Reno, and a cold front and storm was headed east. Snow was predicted by that evening for the higher elevations. That included the road up to Lake Tahoe, even though it was only the first week of October.

As we drove along the shoreline, one of our first stops was at Sand Beach, located on the Nevada side of the lake. The cumulus clouds were starting to build up, although there were still patches of bright blue sky.
From our viewpoint, this gigantic lake changed colors: shades of Royal blue, Turquoise and Ultramarine seamlessly mixed together.
But by the time we drove over to King's Beach, about an hour later, the wind had kicked up and the clouds became darker. Lake Tahoe now looked like the ocean, whitecaps broke up the expanse of the deep blue waters.
This was taken from the same spot, only looking out in a different direction. Sure didn't give the same impression of how cold it had become.
The water had gotten so choppy that I dared not go by the bench to take pictures. The puddle of water by the bench wasn't from a previous rain shower. Some of the waves actually hit the fence! Time to keep my distance so both my camera and I stayed dry.
At one of the places along the way was a stone cutout of Lake Tahoe, providing tourists with some pertinent data about Lake Tahoe. It's 22 miles long, 12 miles wide and has 72 miles of shoreline. The deepest section is 1645 feet deep. Even during summer, I don't think I'd be swimming it it, since it ranges from 41 to 68 degrees. Not even a tad bit warm. Only people from Minnesota, Wisconsin , Canada or Denmark would enjoy swimming at those temperatures. My cousin, Sarah and her grandmother from Denmark would have probably enjoyed it since they swim in the North Sea. Too cold for me that day to even get my toes wet!
One young lady, all bundled up in a sweater was much braver than me. With age comes wisdom (at least that's what they say). I was content to take a picture and not imitate her.