Let's be a Beacon: trump in an Alternate Universe

Let's be a Beacon: trump in an Alternate Universe: I'm not sure what universe trump lives in but it sure isn't the one I live in.  Little that he says has any resemblance to the real ...

Mono Lake and the Drought

We went down to the site of the Old Marina on Mono Lake near Lee Vining to see how five years of drought have effected the lake level

Easy to see that the lake level has fallen exposing more of the tufa formations.

A docent told us that he used to read the water depth on this gauge, now high and dry.

Turning around we could see what may be another effect of the drought, the results of the recent "Marina Fire".  It's hard to know how much drought may be contributing to fire in the west, fire is something we have always dealt with.  Drought and the extremely hot weather do not help.  

My hat goes off to the firefighters, I sure couldn't do that hard work in the heat.  

The fire burned all around this little lodge across from the lake.  It survived unscathed thanks to the fire crews but I'm sure that the owners were nervous.

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