Some loons that night decided to camp outside in the snow, but I was quite happy to stay sleep
snugly in the coach. The next day after a great breakfast with something called "Glop" we headed out to Mono Lake, in The
Sierra now where we had camped the previous night. The Lake was really pretty. The sky was California Blue and that reflected on the lake. Also the lake is fed by three streams but only loses water through evaporation therefore the water is 2.5x saltier
than the ocean and 100x more alkali. It means you can float really well in the water if you go swimming but if you do swim you will be surrounded by trillions of
Brine Shrimp (look like Sea Monkeys)
that live there. Also it was like 4 degrees outside so you can probably guess I didn't go swimming. Instead I looked very scientifically at the "
Tufa's" which are
calcified springs that build up out of the water.
That night was a huge dinner of soup, mashed potato and my favourite...
Brocoli! Then we toasted
marshmallows on the fire with chocolate (
smores) and even cooked a banana on the fire (which was horrifically mushy). It was another night at the same camping grounds with the horrid
toilets, no water, no mirrors, you had to wash your teeth carefully as any food or toothpaste could attract bears. And you're surrounded by dark trees and nothing else. It was proper camping and hard going. But in the day, the woods were pretty! On the last day (
Monday) we headed out to do a nice walk in some meadows in the National park before going to see the giant
Sequoia trees...the largest living things on the planet and very old too! They live to over 3000 years. There was an old one that had a giant tunnel dug into it which was really cool!
Some loons that night decided to camp outside in the snow, but I was quite happy to stay sleep snugly in the coach. The next day after a great breakfast with something called "Glop" we headed out to Mono Lake, in The Sierra now where we had camped the previous night. The Lake was really pretty. The sky was California Blue and that reflected on the lake. Also the lake is fed by three streams but only loses water through evaporation therefore the water is 2.5x saltier than the ocean and 100x more alkali. It means you can float really well in the water if you go swimming but if you do swim you will be surrounded by trillions of Brine Shrimp (look like Sea Monkeys) that live there. Also it was like 4 degrees outside so you can probably guess I didn't go swimming. Instead I looked very scientifically at the "Tufa's" which are calcified springs that build up out of the water.
That night was a huge dinner of soup, mashed potato and my favourite...Brocoli! Then we toasted marshmallows on the fire with chocolate (smores) and even cooked a banana on the fire (which was horrifically mushy). It was another night at the same camping grounds with the horrid toilets, no water, no mirrors, you had to wash your teeth carefully as any food or toothpaste could attract bears. And you're surrounded by dark trees and nothing else. It was proper camping and hard going. But in the day, the woods were pretty! On the last day (Monday) we headed out to do a nice walk in some meadows in the National park before going to see the giant Sequoia trees...the largest living things on the planet and very old too! They live to over 3000 years. There was an old one that had a giant tunnel dug into it which was really cool!
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