Second Life for Ghost Towns and Surreal Lakes - Bodie, Mono Lake

We all love second chances. To start fresh, gain more perspective, or try again for the win always boosts the confidence. In this travelouge, the Ramblin' Bears visit places on the east side of the Sierra that have had second chances to thrive. (Bodie, Mono Lake). We also ponder our own second chances and hope to revisit the Mono Lake Committee soon and bring you more insight on this beautiful, odd, and surreal lake and more spectacular scenery from the Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve and Mono Basin National Scenic Area.

Tufa - magical towers of carbonate rocks:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufa

Park closures information and action: http://www.calparks.org/takeaction/
http://www.savestateparks.org/parksincrisis.html

Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve (SNR):
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=514

Bodie State Historic Park (SHP):
http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=509
(more detail on Bodie to come!)


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[ramblinBears]

@babawawasrk Thanks! It was an interesting trip. Its always great to stop and go in-depth with places you have previous passed by or glanced over.

[babawawasrk]

nice fun