Being in Lake Tahoe I thought it would be appropriate to make the Linking the Week site for this week the Tahoe Rim Trail Association .  The association was founded nearly 30 years ago to develop a trail on the rim around Lake Tahoe, which opened in 2001.  At 165 miles long, the trail encompasses two states and on the western side of the lake the trail overlaps for about fifty miles with the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail .  As it is a rim trail the elevation varies slightly but does range from 6,240 feet at the outlet of Lake Tahoe on the north end to over 10,000 feet at Relay Peak in Nevada.  The next time you are in Lake Tahoe, be sure to look at the ridge around the lake and realize a trail is there as well.  If it is the summer months, you will know people are at various points along the route either doing part of the trail or the whole trail at once as they join the 165 mile club.

While my time at Lake Tahoe has been nice, the Telegraph Fire near Yosemite National Park has been funneling smoke north towards Lake Tahoe.  I have still been trying to take some pictures even though my optimal locations are not working.  I will share some of the image I took later this week.