The Lakeview Motel's name is false advertising these dry days.
The same thing is true for the Paradise Cove Lodge down California 178.
That's because the water level in man-made Lake Isabella has dropped about 59 feet since the last big wet year in 2011. There are 32,632 acre-feet of water in the lake — 5.8 % of the lake's capacity, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The water level is low enough that dozens of ghostly white cottonwood trees at the bottom of the lake have emerged from the water.
The gangly arms of the barren trees are a once-in a-generation view.