Glenbrook to Secret Harbor

This was the last paddle to complete the lake, one of the longest, and one of the most beautiful!  Unfortunately there's no easy way to get into the lake between Sand Harbor and Cave Rock, but it's too far for me to paddle on my own. So I called Gail and Ed Condren, who used to live in our neighborhood and they graciously agreed to let us in. I picked up Jenn at 6:40 in Alpine and we were on the water by 8. It was cold and breezy when we started, but happily the wind died and didn't pick up until later.


Ed and Gail's house is the one in the middle. They are standing on the balcony waving to us as we paddle out of Glenbrook.

 

Headed north. Beautiful coastline, no roads, no houses, nothing!  Not even any boats. Only a couple of kayaks pulled up in a cove, a couple of stray tents and a couple of fisherman (who pulled an 18 inch fish out of the lake - the first fish I've ever seen in Tahoe).

 

After you round Deadman Point past Glenbrook, there's a long flat point with beautiful rocks and an osprey nest. After a mile or so, you reach Skunk Harbor - and a few boats camped out. 

 

Finally, we reached Secret Harbor and saw the houses at Whale Beach! This is me as I complete the lake. Now time to paddle back.

 

We had a few waterskiers on the way back. The wind started to pick up as we hit mile 8. Here's the view looking south as we're almost done. Glenbrook is just around the corner to the left.

 

Glenbrook Beach.Very tired!!

 

The details....

Cave Rock to Glenbrook

Cave Rock first place after Sand Harbor on the east shore to put in a paddleboard - about 13 miles away. It's really a boat ramp with a small little beach on the south end where you can launch a paddleboard or kayak. There's a parking lot and a bathroom, and not much else.

It opens at 6am and I got there very early to do my paddle. I was alone for this leg but I had to paddle south for about half a mile to link up with where Jenn and I turned around going north from Zephyr Cove. There were a couple kayaks out, but otherwise it was deserted. The water is so shallow that I was worried about hitting rocks on the way south.

I turned back up north and paddled back by the rock - which was a little creepy, very shadowy - and then headed north. It was a gorgeous turquoise paddle with shallow water and a few houses and lots of empty land. The only downside is that there you can hear the road for most of the paddle.

I passed Logan Shoals with a lot of beautiful rocks and turned into Glenbrook Bay before turning around. Altogether it was 7.9 miles in 2:32.

from southward turnaround point back to Cave Rock

 

Logan Shoals area

 Looking back south from Glenbrook, Cave Rock in the distance

 

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