Today we drove north 0n 395 ---we see why it is a scenic byway----the most varied landscape ever!!!! We started in desert and volcanic fields and arrived at Mono Lake. It is an inland sea, 3 times saltier than the Pacific. It has rivers and springs feeding it. The springs have a high content of calcium that mixes with the saline in the lake and forms the most unusual towers!!! (called tufa) Looks like something out of a space movie. The lake contains tiny brine shrimp that birds feed on. In the spring, some form of flies come here to lay their larvae in the lake. The Indians of long ago collected the fly larva and dried it for food. Supposedly it tastes like bacon but I would never try it!!!
At the edge of the lake, some of the tufa, are on land.
After that we drove the Lake June loop, through a mountain pass and beside 4 Alpine lakes. So many out fishing even though the day was cold.
Here by Bishop Creek, they have a road that goes back into the mountains through a mountain pass and into a couple of canyons that have a series of Alpine lakes. Beautiful fall color with all the aspens.
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