Welcome to part three of my California road-trip blog series. If you haven't seen parts one and two yet, please check them out in the menu. Mono Lake is a large but shallow, saline lake about half an hour's drive North of where we staying in Mammoth Lakes. The lake has no outlet thus is very alkaline due to accumulation of salt left behind when the water evaporates. If you dip your hand in the water, it feels weirdly slimy and soapy (so we weren't tempted to go for a swim)

Bodie is an abandoned gold-mining town about an hour and a half's drive North East from Mammoth Lakes where we were staying. In the late 19th Century an estimated ten thousand people lived there, profiting from the gold-rich mountainsides. When the gold ran out, the people moved on, leaving the houses, shops, bars and brothels deserted. The California State Parks System took over the town in the 1960s to preserve it in a state of "arrested decay". My travel buddy, Matt, a

It has been over 4 weeks since I got back from the States and I have struggled to find the time to go through my photos (although the glimpses that I've been managing have brought back some happy memories). Discounting a connecting flight 15 years ago, it was my first time in America. After photographing a beautiful two day wedding in Austin Texas (potentially another blog topic), I headed over to California where I met up with a friend, Matthew, for a ten day road trip. I