Mono Lake
Mono Lake
2011 Trip - Day 48
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Saturday, June 4 - Mono Lake & Bodie Ghost Town Revisited - 205 miles - 8679.8 for the trip
As Yogi Berra would say "It's deja vu all over again". Both Don & Anne wanted to see Mono Lake & Bodie Ghost Town, and they both fit into our schedule so there we went.
We were a bit too early to register for the campsites at Mono Vista so we headed to the South Shore Tufa site with the trailer attached. They accepted both my Senior Pass & Don's Annual Pass for admission. They actually had a park ranger at the entrance. The sky was overcast, which gave everything a different look. I liked the blue sky against the formations, but you get what you get.
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After that we dropped the trailer at the campground (Site 41) and all got in the RAV4 & headed for Bodie. Much nicer this time - we could drive to the normal parking lot rather than walk a mile & a half like my May 8th visit. Most of the snow has melted, and it was a lot more crowded, both with visitors, volunteers, and rangers. There were also many more open buildings, including the museum and the inside of the Methodist Church. Took a bunch of photos at the park & will add some of them to the Bodie Page. I included some interiors, and my favorite (not really) a Direct TV antenna hanging off the back of one of the buidings (The ranger's House).
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After that it was back to the campground (in the rain) & a spaghetti & sausage dinner. Since it is raining, and likely to get pretty cold (it went down to 12°F last night at Bodie, although it is 1000' higher than we are here) we decided to try all of us in the trailer. We will start putting it together after I post this.
Till tomorrow -
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March 20, 2012