The ancient and mystical Mono ... with Mono Lake, Ca. After 0.3 miles, the boardwalk section of the trail ends, and you walk on the soft sand at the lakes edge. Be sure to loop around the trail ...

Upper Twin Lake, where I came across the Mayers launching their boat, is fed by Twin Falls (a.k.a. Mammoth Creek). And atop Twin Falls — where I spent a good spell clambering around on rocks ...

hadn't seen Bob Loeffler since Winkler was counting birds in the sagebrush 30 years ago and Loeffler strode by on his way to complete calculations on groundwater levels around the Mono Lake Basin.