Thursday, June 14, 2012- Saturday, June 16, 2012
Leaving Boulder Creek we head north on Highway 395 toward Yosemite.
The drive is one of the most beautiful we've seen so far.Watching the change in flora and geology is the
best part of the drive!
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| Leaving Boulder Creek RV park. Aaron is heading toward the RV |
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Mon lake contains marvelous"tufa towers," calcium-carbonate spires and knobs formed by interaction of freshwater springs and alkaline lake water.
Mono Lake is a majestic body of water covering about 65 square miles. It is an ancient lake, over 1 million years old -- one of the oldest lakes in North America. It has no outlet.
Throughout its long existence, salts and minerals have washed into the lake from Eastern Sierra streams. Freshwater evaporating from the lake each year has left the salts and minerals behind so that the lake is now about 2 1/2 times as salty as the ocean and very alkaline.
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| Tufa |
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| Alkali Flies |
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| Look closely!! The little black dots are Alkali Flies |
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| Scenic Drive near the town of Lee Vining and Mono Lake |
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