Well, the fires continue to wreak havoc. While we weren’t going to head home for 3 more days, we were thrown out of Twin Lakes Campground. Apparently, all National Forest managed lands were being closed at 5 PM today because of all the fires in California. So, some scrambled calls got us a place to park tonight, in Ridgecrest. The Woman did her homework on Google and learned that there was another National Natural Landmark not terribly far from there.
Trona Pinnacles National Natural Landmark contains over 500 tufa spires, some rising well over 100 feet above the bed of the Searles Dry Lake Basin. The pinnacles themselves are composed primarily of calcium carbonate, also known as Tufa. The Trona Pinnacles were designated a National Natural Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1968 to preserve one of North America’s most outstanding examples of tufa tower formation.
Next stop is Vegas – back to the oppressive heat!
Talk to you soon.
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