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Road Trip #12, Part 3: From Salton Sea to Salvation Mountain and Slab City.

Road Trip Series

Part 1: Salton Sea
Part 2: Salvation Mountain
Part 3: Slab City

Part Three – Slab City
by L. Bremner – DesertRoadTrippin.com

Just past Salvation Mountain is the entrance to Slab City, “The Last Free Place.”  Squatters and snowbirds have taken up roost at an old, abandoned military base, once called the Marine Barracks Camp [...]

Road Trip #12, Part 2: From Salton Sea to Salvation Mountain and Slab City.

A tree built from tractor tires, adobe clay and stray branches from the desert.

Road Trip Series
Part 1: Salton Sea
Part 2: Salvation Mountain
Part 3: Slab City

Salvation Mountain

Just south of the Salton Sea Visitor’s Center is a little town called Niland, CA, home to the infamous Salvation Mountain and Slab City.   Just a few miles [...]

Road Trip #12, Part 1: From Salton Sea to Salvation Mountain and Slab City.

In late May I spent an afternoon driving along the east coast of the Salton Seas and south to Niland, CA home of Slab City and the infamous Salvation Mountain.

Since this road trip article is longer than most, I’ve divided it  into three separate posts for easier reading.  The Salton Sea was my first stop [...]

What type of Gull is this?

After a short trip to the Salton Sea in late May, I came home with several photos of birds.  The pelicans were easy to ID, but this Gull eludes me.  I know it is a Gull, but what type?  There seem to be so many varieties.  If you have any suggestions, please let me know.