Which as I learnt isn't a valley at all, as it wasn't caused by a river or glacier, but by uplift!
It got to 106f while we were there which is apparently very average, the record being 156f! I'm not going to say how hot it was! We went hunting in some dunes for sidewinders but no joy. We did see a couple of coyotes though on different occasions. Had a good early morning walk in mosaic canyon, which was a geologist's dream of an amazing range of different types of rocks, including lots of marble shining out from amongst the limestone and sandstone. It was really striking.
Had two of our best meals here which was a nice surprise as we were pretty much a captive market. I had some delicious pulled pork tacos; lots of them in California/Nevada.
On the way here we visited Mono Lake. This is the "tufa", calcium carbonate that bubbled up from the lake floor. Funky stuff!
Which bit was uplifted the valley or the sides? How hot is 105f. ...come on stay English you yank!!!! Xx
ReplyDeleteThe sides. And I need to look up what it's called as it's not a valley cos can't remember the name they gave it! 41c ugh!
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