This post is not in sequential order. Drafted but no published until March 2016. Contents are photos.
In Fall 2013 we left Virginia City passing Mono Lake, the East Side of Yosemite. Tioga Trail leads to thru Touolume Meadows which is park of Yosemite.
We spent the night in Mammoth Lakes.
We saw Devil's Post Pile. Amazing formation best explained here.
http://www.nps.gov/depo/learn/nature/geology.htm
In Fall 2013 we left Virginia City passing Mono Lake, the East Side of Yosemite. Tioga Trail leads to thru Touolume Meadows which is park of Yosemite.
We spent the night in Mammoth Lakes.
We saw Devil's Post Pile. Amazing formation best explained here.
http://www.nps.gov/depo/learn/nature/geology.htm
Excavation on our way to Mono Lake |
On the way to Mono Lake |
Cattle on the way to Mono Lake |
Sierra Nevada Mountains |
Mono Lake at a distance |
Visitors Center presents obsidian, pumice, rhyolite and granite. |
Mammoth is a ski resort. |
Chair lift station |
Going to Devil's Post pile |
Devils Postpile |