photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Steve Bloomfield | profile | all galleries >> Yosemite National Park - Oct. 2009 >> Day trip to Mono Lake and Bodie State Park tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Taft Point and Sentinel Dome | Backpacking to Roosevelt Lk via Young Lks | Top of Yosemite Falls & Yosemite Point | Day Hike to North Dome | Day trip to Mono Lake and Bodie State Park | Day Hike to Clouds Rest | Day Hike to Mt. Hoffman via May Lake | The Mariposa Grove | Pictures from the Valley

Day trip to Mono Lake and Bodie State Park

We spent one day driving out the east entrance over Tioga Pass and looked around the Mono Lake basin. The ranger at the Mono Lake Visitor Center recommended a visit to Bodie State Park, as well as the South Tufa area. The lady at the post office recommended lunch at the gas station - which was one of the outstanding meals of the trip! If you ever find yourself in Lee Vining at mealtime, the Lobster Taquitos and the Chicken Caesar Wrap are delicious.
Mono Lake
Mono Lake		 Bodie State Park is an old mining ghost town.
Bodie State Park is an old mining ghost town.		 It is in a state of suspended decay.
It is in a state of "suspended decay".		 It's heyday was back in the 1880's, when it had a population of about 10,000.
It's heyday was back in the 1880's, when it had a population of about 10,000.
The buildings that are left are still in the condition they were in when deserted.
The buildings that are left are still in the condition they were in when deserted.		 You can wander the streets and look in the windows.
You can wander the streets and look in the windows.		 A guidebook is available that describes the buildings ...
A guidebook is available that describes the buildings ...		 ... and gives the history of the town of Bodie.
... and gives the history of the town of Bodie.
Funeral hearse in the Bodie museum.
Funeral hearse in the Bodie museum.		 View of the Sierras from the east side.
View of the Sierras from the east side.		 Tufa along south shore of Mono Lake
Tufa along south shore of Mono Lake		 More tufa.
More tufa.

comment | share
click on thumbnails for full image