Bodie

Spent the night at Lee Vining after traversing the Sierra Range via Tioga Pass.  Explored Mono Lake, a high altitude saline lake teaming with brine shrimp, then went off to the gold mining ghost town of Bodie, a weirdly haunting but fascinating place from the gold rush days, which in its hey day boasted up to 10,000 people and a murder a week.

Calcium Carbonate deposits around the shore of Mono Lake

Grebes feed on the brine shrimp

Tufa towers formed when the lake level was higher

Someone's pride and joy at Bodie

More than a few buildings were leaning

The general store

The local fire brigade

The main street