Spring & Summer 2013 Mono Lake Newsletter available online
May 15, 2013
I hope you get to visit Mono Lake this summer. I hope you walk through the sagebrush down to the shoreline to say hello to the alkali flies. I hope you get to see a sunset, or a sunrise, or the march of puffy clouds across the quiet sky. I hope you fish one of [...]
Construction in Lee Vining; businesses are open
May 15, 2013
Have you visited Lee Vining lately? If so, you may have noticed construction equipment and torn up roads. In addition to the Digital 395 installation that is happening in Lee Vining, the Mono County Department of Public Works is rehabilitating the streets of Lee Vining from now through early August of this year. According to [...]
Tioga Pass opened Saturday, May 11 at noon
May 10, 2013
According to today’s most recent update from the National Park Service, Tioga Pass will indeed open tomorrow, May 11. While the road opening will cut hours off travel time from the Eastern Sierra to Yosemite, visitors should be prepared for very few amenities and services on the road to Yosemite Valley. Read the full update [...]
Digital 395 installation happening in Lee Vining
May 09, 2013
For the last week the streets of Lee Vining have been overtaken by heavy equipment and construction workers, all to complete one of the last stretches of Digital 395, the stimulus-funded project that will provide high-speed broadband internet to communities between Barstow and Carson City. In fact, if you’ve logged into the Lee Vining Webcam [...]