Tahoe trails part 5. Dardenelles Lake is about 6 miles walk from Showers Lake following the Tahoe Rim Trail via Round Lake. Having spent three nights at Showers I decided to do the same at Dardenelles so I could do a couple of day hikes in the immediate area without having to carry the full backpack.
 It was another enchanting locale. I loved this spot from the moment I set eyes on it- note my tent in the bottom left corner of the photograph. Again the shallow waters were perfect for swimming and thankfully mosquitoes were minimal by comparison.
 The weather was mostly hot and sunny but turned cloudier at times. At one point it felt like a storm was brewing with thunder in the mountains and gusting winds; I had a sense of nature as an awesome force.