2011 Trip - Day 21
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Sunday, May 8 - Willow Springs, Mono Lake & Bodie Ghost Town CA 76 miles - 5050.7 for the trip

I decided to go back to the south shore of Mono lake to retake some images - the sun was strong enough to blow out some of the clouds & this morning the direction was better & a little more even. And yes, the water is actually that green!

Mono Lake
I decided to go back to the south shore of Mono lake to retake some images - the sun was strong enough to blow out some of the clouds & this morning the direction was better & a little more even.  And yes, the water is actually that green! Mono Lake
Mono Lake
Mono Lake
Mono Lake, South Shore
Mono Lake, South Shore
Mono Lake, South Shore
Mono Lake, South Shore
Mono Lake
Mono Lake
I decided to go back to the south shore of Mono lake to retake some images - the sun was strong enough to blow out some of the clouds & this morning the direction was better & a little more even.  And yes, the water is actually that green! Mono Lake Overview
Mono Lake
Mono Lake, South Shore
Mono Lake, South Shore
Mono Lake, South Shore
Mono Lake, South Shore

After that it was off to Bodie State Historical Site. I'm not sure why they don't call it a ghost town, but they don't. In any case, just like Tumalo Falls in Bend, the road is only partially open. At least they put a sign up at the start of the road that warns you that you will have to walk 1 1/2 miles to the site. It was mostly uphill, since the park is at 8375' A mile and one half isn't all that long a walk, however at that altitude & uphill it takes a bit out of you.

In any case, this is a gem of a ghost town. Many buildings, machinery, automobiles, etc all looking like the owners walked away from them in the 40's. According to the brochure for the location, it was a town of 8500 people & 2000 buildings in 1879. By 1886, the the gold had run out and the town was down to 1500. The final residences left in the 1940's, and it became a park in 1994. Here are a couple of images, If you are interested, I posted more at Bodie.

I'll post a page devoted to Bodie at lakeshore Images when I find a fast enough site to load the 40 of so photos I took.
Bodie Ghost Town
Bodie Ghost Town
Bodie Ghost Town
The Road to Bodie
Bodie Ghost Town
Bodie Ghost Town
Bodie Ghost Town
Bodie Ghost Town
Bodie Ghost Town
Bodie Ghost Town
Bodie Ghost Town
Bodie Ghost Town
Bodie Ghost Town
Bodie Ghost Town
Bodie Ghost Town

After that it was back to the trailer. I registered for another night here at Willow Springs. I'm heading east tomorrow. Don & Anne and I will work out where we are going to meet after they are done visiting in Phoenix. I'm sure we will work something out...

Till Tomorrow-

 

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