Everything you wanted to know about Mono lake (and probably more)

 Hi there! I’m Little Fox, and while on vacation in the beautiful Eastern Sierras. 

I discovered Mono Lake—a magical place that’s super important for wildlife like me. It’s a salty lake full of tiny shrimp and buzzing flies that feed thousands of migrating birds, making it a critical rest stop on their long journeys. Plus, its strange, spiky tufa towers and wild landscape help remind everyone why protecting special places like this matters! 🦊✨

Wow, you wouldn’t believe the weird and wonderful towers I saw poking up from the edge of Mono Lake—they’re called tufa towers! 🦊 

They formed underwater long ago when calcium from freshwater springs mixed with carbonate in the salty lake, creating limestone that built up into these cool, spiky shapes. 

When people started diverting water from the lake in the 1940s, the water level dropped and poof!—the tufa towers were revealed. I felt like an explorer sniffing around a secret stone forest from another world!

Mono Lake is known for Tufa Towers, migratory birds, a canoe tour of the lake (that we didn't get to do this time, but it's on the list) and a briny little shrimp that is super important.

Check out the birds migrating on the lake.

Mono lake is one of the most interesting places I have seen so far. 

Time to continue my exploration, while I was hanging out in the city of  Mammoth Lakes I came across these bears. 

Apparently, foxes are food for these bears, luckily I was able to talk my way out of their mouth and I got a great brewery recommendation from them.  June Lake Brewing (in the town of June Lake).

They knew I was coming and had a cold beer ready (title: What the Fruit Sour).  Darn delicious as well. 

No, this friend isn't a migrating bird from Mono lake, just a friendly chap I met who wanted a sip of my beer and a taste of any food I got.