Sunday
Happy Mothers Day !!!
After breakfast of Sausage and Pancakes we were off to travel the June Lake Loop Road. This loop took us a few miles up into the Lee Vining Canyon with snow and waterfalls on each side of the road. On one side we passed 3 separate lakes including June Lake itself. All of them were fed by small streams that wound their way through a mass of tall trees. It was sure evident that fishing season was open. Again as I had mentioned before, this must be a fishing Mecca. On our drive along the “Loop” we were taken by the amount and size of the homes that surrounded June Lake. It was just like we had seen at Whistler Mountain the last time we were there. From there we went back to Mono Lake and visited the Visitor Center. It sits high on a hill over looking the lake and the surrounding mountains. About 5 miles south are two volcanic craters (Mono Crater) that stand out majestically from there as well. We were going to hike up to the top of the Mono Crater but we advised not to because of the “no-see-ums” that have just hatched out. Hiking up there now was out for now so we opted for a hike down to the river that feeds Mono Lake. The big advantage for doing that hike was we passed an soft ice cream outlet. Well tomorrow we are again going north…