Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Farewell, Little Lake

Little Lake (formally Incline Lake) is a, well, little lake, nestled into the forest below Mt. Rose. It's been privately owned between several families ever since it was created by dam in the 1930s or so.

After a few years of negotiations, it has finally been sold to the Forest Service and will become public land. As of this writing, the houses, cabins, and other structures up there have been demolished. I feel very lucky to have gotten up there a couple times this summer before everything got torn down.

Norm is taking it pretty hard as he's lived up there nearly year-round for the last 4 or 5 years, not to mention spending all the summers of his childhood up there.

Here's a photo tour of the place and some of its regulars.

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Norm's girlfriend Sarah with a fresh catch

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Duke

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Max...

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...and Max

Even though they're easily distinguishable, I think they need to, um, duke it out
(sorry Duke) to determine who's the better of the Maxes. Just ask Jesse 1 and Jesse 2 about that.

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Max keeping a watchful eye

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Ben's puppy Buckshot

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The dam

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Poor crime scene management

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Wandering around

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I think it's hilarious

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The observatory

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Funky antennae and chimneys

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Last light at a special jewel in the mountains

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