A VERY Windy Day On Donner Lake by beachzz

Photography • Landscape • posted on Apr 02, 2008

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Last Wednesday while the rest of the gang was snowboarding, I just wandered around the area taking fotos. My son lives right across the road from Donner Lake, so I got out and walked along the shore for a while. It was WINDY, probably 30-40 mph, which in turn made the temperature about 30 degrees!! This usually flat lake had waves of about 2 feet, and you can see the white caps!! This is looking north, still snow on that shore, but on the south side where I was walking, it was sunny, with just a few patches of snow in the sheltered spots. A beautiful place to visit, but~~~~nope I wouldn't want to live there in the winter!!!

Comments (19)

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TwoPynts

12:26PM | Wed, 02 April 2008

Very choppy so I can imagine the wind factor. Looks like a nice place for a stroll, but as you say, not in the winter.

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JeffG7BRJ

1:04PM | Wed, 02 April 2008

Might be great for windsurfing though, they like it like that here. Excellent capture. Bravo!!!!!

Charberry

1:08PM | Wed, 02 April 2008

I feel that way about a lot of places - nice to visit, wouldn't want to live there. ;o) I haven't seen Donner Lake in years. Great capture.

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SapUS59

1:09PM | Wed, 02 April 2008

great capture, quite windy there.

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timtripp

1:25PM | Wed, 02 April 2008

wow

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mickuk50

1:34PM | Wed, 02 April 2008

did you postwork this marilyn ?.looks to windy for me ,batten down the hatches time :o)..excellent capture mick

MrsLubner

2:22PM | Wed, 02 April 2008

Icy cold and choppy but if you were brave enough, this is a great time to sink some bait for bass on the bottom trying to keep warm. And if there are trout in there, same goes for them. I just never have been able to withstand the winds. A very expressive shot.

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photostar

2:25PM | Wed, 02 April 2008

Oh, that looks so cold there...and then you mentioned 'very windy'...it's just making me shiver....!

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durleybeachbum

2:25PM | Wed, 02 April 2008

Extraordinary and very colouful pic! I say,roll on sunshine and WARMTH!

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dhanco

3:08PM | Wed, 02 April 2008

Wow! Great capture! I can hear the wind!

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Mousson

4:51PM | Wed, 02 April 2008

Wow! 5!

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Mad-Mike

5:49PM | Wed, 02 April 2008

Thanks for sharing! sure is pretty them parts up there!

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jocko500

6:47PM | Wed, 02 April 2008

do look rought. cool shot

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RobyHermida

6:54PM | Wed, 02 April 2008

Excellent capture my friend ......................

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goodoleboy

8:03PM | Wed, 02 April 2008

Choppy waves permeate the lake in this cool shot, Marilyn. Brrrr, I can imagine the chill factor! Fine panoramic view of Donner Lake, evidently named after the unfortunate party of pioneers who met a most undesirable fate in and around Donner Pass.

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sharky_

8:37PM | Wed, 02 April 2008

Hang on to your hat on windy days.... Breezy shot. Aloha

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shahlaa

8:23AM | Thu, 03 April 2008

A beautiful capture, it's amazing how one side can be sunny and the other snowy but in Texas I did see it raining once on one side of the street and sunny on the other for just a few minutes,.

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