Well, plans got kind of mixed up this past weekend. It turns out that Derick had never been to Tahoe before so we scratched plans to head to Lassen and Lava Beds and spent time in Reno and Tahoe instead. Saturday Derick arrived and we headed off to rent a couple kayaks from UNR. We were able to snag a Necky Mission and a Wavesport BigEZ and the requisite gear. We headed down to the playspots on the Truckee. We hit the first surf wave on the north side of the river and stayed there for awhile (until I got used to being back in a whitewater kayak!). We soon decided to make a run of the south side - which is running high and fast right now. The first rapid is roughly a class III rapid and the others, while pushy, are class II. At the bottom of the run there is a big huge surf wave which we didn’t get to play in but I definitely want to go back and try it out.

The next day we decided to go up to Lake Tahoe and doing a hike out to Emerald Point and on the Rubicon Trail. It starts at the top of D.L. Bliss State Park and a foot trail follows down the side of Eagle Falls to the beaches of Emerald Bay. From there you can tour around Vikingsholm and then head onto the Rubicon Trail following it northeast to Emerald Point. From there you could see all of the lake as well as back into Emerald Bay. It was very cool.

Today Derick and I headed up to the summit of Peavine Peak (8265′) it took 2 1/2 hours to reach the top and from there we could see down into Reno as well as into the forests and mountains northwest of the Reno area. It was a great time although I did get a bit sunburned. We are a bit sore now but it is well worth as that was Derick’s first summit ever. Later on this afternoon we hit REI and Reno Mountain Sports to look at whitewater and mountaineering gear. I’m buying an ice axe and boots for my trip to Mt. Shasta in a couple weeks and I wanted to compare prices. I think I’m going to settle on a Black Diamond Raven for my ice ax.

Anyway, tomorrow I gotta head back to work - after work I’m doing running intervals in Keystone Canyon or at the UNR track.

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