On Friday, May 25 the fence in front of the Committee’s remodel was opened, allowing visitors in town for Memorial Day weekend to walk up the new steps and across the new deck into our Information Center & Bookstore. Plumbers, electricians, carpenters, and concrete specialists all worked hard to make this happen, and we were happy they did so.

We were even happier when we realized that we were celebrating an anniversary—on the very same day in 1979, the Mono Lake Committee Information Center & Bookstore first opened its doors! What great serendipity.

Rose and Morgan enjoy the new front steps last Friday. Photo by Geoff McQuilkin.

Enter the 2011 Mono Lake Committee Free Drawing today for a chance to win one of the great prizes! It costs nothing to enter (it is, after all, a Free Drawing!) but we would appreciate a donation of $5.00 per ticket. You could win an Apple iPad2, a Canon EOS Rebel 3 digital camera, one of several vacation packages, or a camping equipment package. Take a look at the complete list of prizes. If you’ve already received your tickets, return them to us in order to enter. If you need tickets, email Ellen with your name and address. Prize-winning tickets will be drawn on November 30, 2011.

Gleeful snowflakes melt
Dripping, chuckling, in the sun
Tumbling into spring.

At the cool blue sea
Visitors from far away
Celebrate new life.

Misty quiet lake
Circled by a band of gold
Waits for ice to form.

Evening clouds pile high
Sunrise shows what darkness hid
Sparkling new white snow.