Our guide, Stewart, was very friendly, welcoming a...

Our guide, Stewart, was very friendly, welcoming and knowledgeable. He took us out on the lake for a great paddle and shared his knowledge of the area s geological history, ecology and native tribes right up to Mark Twain s opinion of the lake and what Hollywood movies were filmed in the area. He took us to a landing where he did a science experiment that formed a calcium carbonate precipitate to explain how the tufa structures were formed. Oh yes, and the otherworldly looking tufa towers, lots of them and up close!