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Posted: 23 Jun 2017

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Surf's up!
Washoe Lake showing the effects of (a) the continued snowmelt; and (b) the Washoe Zephyr! Inset shows this dock & ramp back in February, 4 months ago almost to the day. The lake has risen another couple of feet or so since then, and there continue to be flood warnings on local streams and creeks due to snowmelt from the now-hot weather.

LutzP, Diane Putnam, Smiley Derleth, Gudrun and 5 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Excellent and
HFF and have a great weekend!
6 years ago.
 Thérèse
Thérèse club
Superbe
6 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
Looking great !!

Admired in ~ I ❤ Nature
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Quite a difference and quite a 'zephyr'!
6 years ago.
slgwv club has replied to tiabunna club
Heh. It's a local joke. In _Roughing It_, Mark Twain named the howling orographic wind that comes east off the Carson Range, those mountains on the skyline, the "Washoe Zephyr"--and the name has stuck. The Carson Range is the branch of the Sierra Nevada that juts into Nevada and defines Lake Tahoe's east side. So, Tahoe is just over those mountains. When the cowboys at the Ponderosa rode into Virginia City, they had to cross those mountains, this valley, and the Virginia Range behind me. It wasn't an afternoon's trail ride! (The sheer _power_ you have as a scriptwriter... ;)
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
Thanks, everyone! It's a big improvement over the dry lake bed--
6 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
It does look decidedly different, with the waves it nearly feels like the sea:.) Belated HFF, Steve!
6 years ago.
slgwv club has replied to Gudrun club
Thanks, Gudrun!
6 years ago.
 LutzP
LutzP club
...stormy weather makes a fine shot. HFF and enjoy the weekend
6 years ago.
slgwv club has replied to LutzP club
Thanks!
6 years ago.

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