I spent the weekend camping and swimming at Stony Ridge Lake in the Desolation Wilderness. From the trailhead at Meeks Creek one hikes on an administrative 'road' for a mile or so before reaching the actual trail, which eventually climbs to a chain of lakes - Genevieve, Crag, Hidden, Stony Ridge, Rubicon. There were quite a few people camped around Stony Ridge, but it wasn't hard to find a flat patch marginally above yet out of view from the trail, with nobody else nearby, and with easy access to a great place to swim. Saturday seemed extremely muggy by Sierra standards - considering my previous backpack in the Adirondacks the conditions might be considered 'heavenly'. Fortunately, around 3 or so there was a decided shift in the winds, the building cumulus began to dissipate, and the mugginess vanished.
Anyway...pictures...
Stony Ridge Lake, after the aforementioned wind shift:
On the way up...Lake Genevieve:
Crag Lake:
Shadow "Lake":
And, on the way back, Lake Tahoe...