Our trip out to the East side of the Sierras turned out to be lots of fun. Dan Clark and I did the High Sierra Century on Saturday, which consisted of us biking 100 miles around the high desert just south of Mono Lake. The views were amazing, but so were the climbs and the head winds. Combine that with the fact that we were starting at 7,000ft and you have one but kicker of a ride. All together it took us 8 hours to complete the course, but the amazing views of the lake and the Sierras made up for the pain. We met up with Molly Huber and company at the Mobile station on 120 for a concert after the ride. Sunday was spent driving around and taking pictures. We made visits to Convict Lake and Mammoth Lakes before heading north to explore the ghost town of Bodie. The town has been left amazingly intact, consisting of dozens of buildings and the original stamping mill that processed the cold from the surrounding hills. Most of the buildings and their contents remain as they were 100 years ago, it was quite remarkable. The inaccessibility of the town kinda explains why it was abandoned once the gold ran out. We finished off the trip by visiting the Tufa formations on the South side of Lake Mono. The formations made for great pictures, but I only wish we could have arrived a bit later in the day to get some sunset colors. We drove back through Yosemite picking up a CHAOS friend who was in need of a ride back to the bay area.

Photos:
http://www.kocevski.com/photo-album/album/2006-mono-lake/

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