In late April I made a whirlwind visit to the San Francisco Bay Area. The adventure was two fold–one a needed change of scenery and the other to obtain some new historical data pertaining to Eagle Lake.
The first stop was a visit to Wyn Wachhorst and a review of a fascinating photograph collection of Eagle Lake between the years 1914 to 1920 of the Gallatin family activities there. After some discussion with colleagues, we may attempt a re-photographic survey–then versus now–to examine how the landscape has evolved over the last 100 years. The completed project would be done in a powerpoint presentation and made available to various interested groups. Stay tuned.
The next excursion was to visit Michael Clynne a U.S.G.S. geologist. In a recent finding the Brockman Flat Lava Flow extends to the east side of the lake at Bly Tunnel and Pelican Point is part of that lava flow. In addition, Gallatin Peak is a spillover of the Sierra Nevada. More about these revelations in future posts.