Mono Vista RV Park

We have left the fir trees for what appear to be either Aspen or Silver Birch trees or both and grass.  Mono Vista RV Park is situated on a hill overlooking Mono Lake to the east and mountains to the north.  The thunderstorm that came through last night with heavy rain to the north of us (we only got some sprinkles) actually stopped the forest fire!  There is no smoke and everyone in the park is relieved no matter which direction they are traveling.

This park is delightful with great restrooms and lovely laundry facilities (why didn't I do my laundry there!)  The buildings are decorated with a variety of items and I wanted to share them with you:

Tools, skis and snowshoes, iron skillets and more attest to the activities of the area that included mining (for which the town was founded in 1852 by LeRoy Vining who died an untimely death thereafter by shooting himself accidentally in Nevada) along with limited farming due to the area's poor conditions for agriculture (earning it the nickname of "Poverty Flats") and tourism in both summer and winter related to Yosemite.  Fishing is also a popular sport here on the lake.

We were on bear watch again here as the owner warned against leaving anything in trashcans throughout the park overnight.  What they called a young and small "trash bear" coming down from Yosemite has been looking for snacks in their park.  I would have loved a photograph of him taken safely from the coach but as luck would have it, we did not see or hear him near ours.  I wonder how the multiple people sleeping in tents near us would have fared?