Tamarack Lake - El Dorado County, California

Visited on 7/2/2017 – Jeff and I took the dogs in the Jeep with the top off on an all-day hike to the Echo Lakes area and into the Desolation Wilderness to visit several lakes that day, including Tamarack Lake.  Jeff decided to stay at Tamarack Lake with the dogs for the afternoon after our lunch break lakeside.  Tamarack Lake is located 10 miles southwest of Lake Tahoe at elevation 7,800 feet above sea level.  Tamarack Lake is 1.3 miles up the trail from Upper Echo Lake.  It was a picture perfect beautiful summer day, not a cloud in the sky and a high of 81 degrees.

Another camera shot for the photo contest!  Southeastern end of the Tamarack Lake where we took our lunch break to eat our yummy homemade ham, cheese, tomato, lettuce, pickle deli sandwiches and chips.  The dogs had their lunch as well.  Jeff decided it was such a beautiful spot that he wanted to hang out the afternoon and relax with the dogs by this lake.  I commented to Jeff that this Lake and the ice covering it was what “dreams are made of”!  Loved it and would like to come back later in the summer months to see the Lake without the snow and ice build-up on it.