On the Salton Sea and Salvation Mountain. I have been home in San Diego for a month now. I am leaving this weekend for Thailand, but while I’ve been home I’ve been able to visit many places. One of those places is the Salton Sea. It’s about a three-hour drive from San Diego. We drove along the 79 stopping at Salvation Mountain first and then through the gorgeous desert of Ocotillo and the mountains of Julian.
Salvation Mountain
The Tools
Paint Can
The Original
The Motivation
The Message
The Cave
Tree Branches
More Tree Branches
The Weird
The Trailer
The Tractor
Painted Ground
Little Car
Swag
The Mountain
Right behind Salvation Mountain is the famous Slab City.
Slab City
"Snowbirds"
More Residents of Slab City
While we were there we learned that the man that had invested in this place had recently passed away, so the future of Salvation Mountain is unknown.
The Road
East Side
The Shore
Birds
Brush
Fish Bones
Dead Fish
More Dead Fish
Washed Up Fish
More Birds
The Desert
The Mountains and Sea
The West Side
Another Shore
For Boats
More Washed Up Fish
Not Yet Bones
The View
A Tire
Ocotillo
Setting Sun
For Miles
This site explains the place a little more.
It was very, very nice to drive through the desert. It is one of the those experiences that I miss greatly when I am away. The world is full of different landscapes to explore and I look forward to the different areas there are to see, but I do quite enjoy the deserts of California.
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