When I was growing up in Lake Tahoe in the 1980s, I would leave the house in the morning to return at dusk, and I often went on a hike up Ward Creek from my hou

When I was growing up in Lake Tahoe in the 1980s, I would leave the house in the morning to return at dusk, and I often went on a hike up Ward Creek from my house to the backside of Alpine Meadows. Quaking Aspens were my Spirit Tree and I loved being around them. I didnt know at the time that the groves of Aspen were acually all the same tree. But they had a profound effect on me as I hiked and built stuff from them. I used to chop them down and build tee-pees with pine bows as walls... I was like 13 or so. If you got caught in any of my booby-traps, I am sorry...