Sunday, June 18, 2023

South Tufa Trail to Navy Beach

For our second short hike in the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area today we combined the South Tufa Loop with the trail over to Navy Beach and back, this was abut 2 miles. The tufa towers are fascinating.

Add a back drop of snow capped Sierra Mountains and 

along the shore of Mono Lake, makes for a gorgeous experience.




























We spotted a couple of osprey nests out on some of the tufas.


looking across at an island in Mono Lake


The short walk to Navy Beach had beautiful views of Mono Lake, and

behind us where the Tufa Towers and the Sierra Mountains.




Sand tufas at Navy Beach


View of the sand tufas, Mono Lake and Sierra Mountains


lizard



some of the wildflowers seen along the trail today:

 

 



 

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