Salvation Mountain is art in progress. It was started over 30 years ago by Leonard Knight. He passed away in 2014, so the Mountain is currently being maintained by volunteers. We met a very nice man who answered questions and then encouraged us to explore and enjoy the mountain on our own. The mountain is […]
Destinations
Bombay Beach, California
Bombay Beach is on the eastern edge of the Salton Sea. At 223 feet below sea level, it is the lowest city in the US. The population is around 300. If you didn’t know better, you might think that this sounds like a great place to sunbathe or play in the water. However, since this […]
Day Trip to The Salton Sea
The Salton Sea is both beautiful and tragic. This is not a natural body of water. It is a man-made engineering failure of epic proportions. The Salton Sea is located below sea level in south eastern California directly on top of the San Andreas fault line. In 1900 irrigation canals were constructed to bring water […]