Oct 13, 2011 Meiss Lake Trail

We arrived at the trail head (8500 ft elev.)and quickly decided that we needed our long sleeves. Although some of the "young bucks" wore shorts. The wise old Geezers wore pants with zip off legs. It did warm up nicely and it was a very pleasant day for the hike. The pond at the top of the ridge was not frozen over this time. The guys on the trail managed to slogg thru the snow and runoff water. No one fell in the several streams we had to cross. Believe it or not there are still a few hardy wild flowers on the trail. The best were the Asters.
At the Meiss cabin and barn we made the decision NOT to go on to Meiss lake as we were concerned that the recent storm had left the meadow we would have to cross very wet. We turned and went to Round lake. It is on the Tahoe Rim trail as it goes East to Big Meadow. It was a good choice as it was dry most of the way. The lake was small but beautiful and we had a good beach to have lunch on. Of course there were naps and conversation. A vote was taken and Loren 1, Loren 2 and Dominic were sent back 5 1/2 miles to get the cars and then drive over the Carson Pass and thru the lovely Hope valley, over Luther pass and stop at the Big meadow Trail head to pick up the other five. The remaining Geezers walked 3 miles (all down hill) and they only got there 5 minutes before their chauffeurs arrived! It was a beautiful day, the scenery was spectacular and the fellowship was great as usual. As Roland was absent today, thanks to Lauren Gray for his colorful narrative.