This was supposed to be a first time backpacking trip for the not yet 1 year old Sebastian. However, it ended up being just a camping trip because of warnings from the rangers of 70 mph winds at <a href="http://www.tahoeadventuresports.com/hikeindex/west/granite.htm">Granite Lake</a> in the Desolation Wilderness where we were supposed to go. Vanessa did the planning for this one and we camped at <a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=506">Emerald Bay</a> State Park in South Lake Tahoe. The campsite (#29) simply was the best site I had ever stayed in as far as car camping sites go. Baban, Jose and Sebastian were also there for the weekend trip. http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay01/25636172_yLrNj-Ti.jpg http://donaji.smugmug.com/gallery/607178_C9tgA/ 2005-06-20T12:28:06Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />Vanessa with the Sebster</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636172_yLrNj" title="Vanessa with the Sebster"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay01/25636172_yLrNj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="122" alt="Vanessa with the Sebster" title="Vanessa with the Sebster" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T10:03:49Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay01/25636172_yLrNj-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 08:17:57 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />Preparing dinner - Baban, Jose, Vanessa & Sebastian</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636177_xjTtH" title="Preparing dinner - Baban, Jose, Vanessa & Sebastian"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay02/25636177_xjTtH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="142" alt="Preparing dinner - Baban, Jose, Vanessa & Sebastian" title="Preparing dinner - Baban, Jose, Vanessa & Sebastian" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T10:29:13Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay02/25636177_xjTtH-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 08:18:24 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />With Jose, Sebster, Vanessa</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636180_C5yJK" title="With Jose, Sebster, Vanessa"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay03/25636180_C5yJK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="With Jose, Sebster, Vanessa" title="With Jose, Sebster, Vanessa" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T10:30:10Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay03/25636180_C5yJK-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 08:21:55 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />Baban helping out with dinner</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636184_Ftbrq" title="Baban helping out with dinner"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay04/25636184_Ftbrq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Baban helping out with dinner" title="Baban helping out with dinner" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T10:50:44Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay04/25636184_Ftbrq-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 08:23:28 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />Vanessa enjoying the view from our campsite</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636191_7mN4c" title="Vanessa enjoying the view from our campsite"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay05/25636191_7mN4c-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="Vanessa enjoying the view from our campsite" title="Vanessa enjoying the view from our campsite" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T10:18:34Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay05/25636191_7mN4c-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 08:23:46 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />Campsite #29</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636202_W5hLu" title="Campsite #29"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay06/25636202_W5hLu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Campsite #29" title="Campsite #29" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T21:26:35Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay06/25636202_W5hLu-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 12:55:22 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />Sebastian is ready to hike</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636205_XpGXS" title="Sebastian is ready to hike"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay07/25636205_XpGXS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="122" alt="Sebastian is ready to hike" title="Sebastian is ready to hike" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T10:03:02Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay07/25636205_XpGXS-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 12:56:30 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />On board</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636207_zgDyj" title="On board"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay08/25636207_zgDyj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="On board" title="On board" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T10:30:13Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay08/25636207_zgDyj-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 13:15:57 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />The sierras</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636210_UiXUX" title="The sierras"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay09/25636210_UiXUX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The sierras" title="The sierras" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T20:38:15Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay09/25636210_UiXUX-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 13:24:17 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />Looking back along the trail with Mt. Tallac in the background</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636211_ceKk7" title="Looking back along the trail with Mt. Tallac in the background"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay10/25636211_ceKk7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Looking back along the trail with Mt. Tallac in the background" title="Looking back along the trail with Mt. Tallac in the background" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T21:14:32Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay10/25636211_ceKk7-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 13:24:40 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />Jose & Sebastian in a scenic overlook above Lake Tahoe</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636216_MaLSc" title="Jose & Sebastian in a scenic overlook above Lake Tahoe"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay11/25636216_MaLSc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Jose & Sebastian in a scenic overlook above Lake Tahoe" title="Jose & Sebastian in a scenic overlook above Lake Tahoe" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T10:27:55Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay11/25636216_MaLSc-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 13:26:55 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />All of us at the scenic overlook</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636219_afJSg" title="All of us at the scenic overlook"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay12/25636219_afJSg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="114" alt="All of us at the scenic overlook" title="All of us at the scenic overlook" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T10:07:41Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay12/25636219_afJSg-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 13:28:48 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />The Sierras</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636220_n3Rj4" title="The Sierras"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay13/25636220_n3Rj4-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="The Sierras" title="The Sierras" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T10:04:53Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay13/25636220_n3Rj4-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 13:31:05 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />Jose walking along the trail</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636224_gFjoX" title="Jose walking along the trail"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay14/25636224_gFjoX-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="Jose walking along the trail" title="Jose walking along the trail" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T06:17:10Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay14/25636224_gFjoX-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 13:31:28 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />Barren tree</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636227_s7BNt" title="Barren tree"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay15/25636227_s7BNt-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Barren tree" title="Barren tree" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T09:58:58Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay15/25636227_s7BNt-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 13:32:08 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />The Sebster up close</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636228_Mkp3h" title="The Sebster up close"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay16/25636228_Mkp3h-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The Sebster up close" title="The Sebster up close" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T06:18:04Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay16/25636228_Mkp3h-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 13:59:58 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />Fanette's Island</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636230_xqnhH" title="Fanette's Island"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay17/25636230_xqnhH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="123" alt="Fanette's Island" title="Fanette's Island" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-22T06:17:13Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay17/25636230_xqnhH-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 14:08:15 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />Looking out from Emerald Bay towards Lake Tahoe</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636234_Qjyej" title="Looking out from Emerald Bay towards Lake Tahoe"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay18/25636234_Qjyej-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Looking out from Emerald Bay towards Lake Tahoe" title="Looking out from Emerald Bay towards Lake Tahoe" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T10:02:50Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay18/25636234_Qjyej-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 14:09:06 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />Not happy with being asked to pause on a bridge on the trail</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636235_h2hAS" title="Not happy with being asked to pause on a bridge on the trail"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay19/25636235_h2hAS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Not happy with being asked to pause on a bridge on the trail" title="Not happy with being asked to pause on a bridge on the trail" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T09:56:24Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay19/25636235_h2hAS-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 14:14:16 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />Water coming down from Eagle Falls</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25636237_rNYDg" title="Water coming down from Eagle Falls"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay20/25636237_rNYDg-Th.jpg" width="150" height="148" alt="Water coming down from Eagle Falls" title="Water coming down from Eagle Falls" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T10:00:55Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay20/25636237_rNYDg-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 14:35:10 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />Vanessa, Jose on the bridge across Eagle Falls</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25642420_VL4tC" title="Vanessa, Jose on the bridge across Eagle Falls"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay21/25642420_VL4tC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Vanessa, Jose on the bridge across Eagle Falls" title="Vanessa, Jose on the bridge across Eagle Falls" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T10:11:55Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay21/25642420_VL4tC-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 14:37:23 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />The beach near Vikingsholm</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25642423_LR7kv" title="The beach near Vikingsholm"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay22/25642423_LR7kv-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="The beach near Vikingsholm" title="The beach near Vikingsholm" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T10:00:58Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay22/25642423_LR7kv-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 14:44:54 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />A Bluejay</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25642425_dWXjp" title="A Bluejay"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay23/25642425_dWXjp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="A Bluejay" title="A Bluejay" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T10:08:43Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay23/25642425_dWXjp-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 14:58:59 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />A Steam Ship replica on Emerald Bay (MS Dixie II)</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25642430_AJZxr" title="A Steam Ship replica on Emerald Bay (MS Dixie II)"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay24/25642430_AJZxr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="A Steam Ship replica on Emerald Bay (MS Dixie II)" title="A Steam Ship replica on Emerald Bay (MS Dixie II)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T10:09:39Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay24/25642430_AJZxr-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 15:03:26 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />Baban heading back to camp</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25642433_udJyp" title="Baban heading back to camp"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay25/25642433_udJyp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Baban heading back to camp" title="Baban heading back to camp" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-02T18:54:57Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay25/25642433_udJyp-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 15:41:53 <p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com">Anup Sekhar</a><br />View in the morning from our site</p><p><a href="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/607178_C9tgA#25642419_5yZEq" title="View in the morning from our site"><img src="http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay26/25642419_5yZEq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="View in the morning from our site" title="View in the morning from our site" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-03T09:59:02Z Anup Sekhar http://donaji.smugmug.com http://donaji.smugmug.com/Outdoors/Camping/Emerald-Bay-State-Park/embay26/25642419_5yZEq-Th.jpg 2005-06-18 16:07:02