SALVATION MOUNTAIN & SLAB CITY
Salvation Mountain must be seen to be fully appreciated as those who have made the journey will attest.
Its 50 foot height and 150 foot breadth is made totally of local adobe clay and donated paint and is truly unique in the United States and probably the world.
From its Sea of Galilee at the bottom, to the big red heart in the middle, to the cross at the very top.
The Folk Art Society of America declared it "a folk-art site worthy of preservation and protection in the year 2000. In an address to the United States Congress on May 15, 2002, California Senator Barbara Boxer described it as "a unique and visionary sculpture a national treasure profoundly strange and beautifully accessible, and worthy of the international acclaim it receives".
Its 50 foot height and 150 foot breadth is made totally of local adobe clay and donated paint and is truly unique in the United States and probably the world.
From its Sea of Galilee at the bottom, to the big red heart in the middle, to the cross at the very top.
The Folk Art Society of America declared it "a folk-art site worthy of preservation and protection in the year 2000. In an address to the United States Congress on May 15, 2002, California Senator Barbara Boxer described it as "a unique and visionary sculpture a national treasure profoundly strange and beautifully accessible, and worthy of the international acclaim it receives".
Slab City has been referred to as “the last free place on earth” and an “anarchist RV town
Slab City, or The Slabs, is an abandoned navy base. Previously an old WWII Marine barracks Camp Dunlap.
The campsite earns its name for the concrete slabs that remained long after the military base had been bulldozed and abandoned.
During the winter months, many campers – mostly elderly retirees – flock to the site for the warmer desert weather and lack of fees.
Though most come to the area in their RVs, many also squat in abandoned structures, such as old, inoperative buses or driftwood shacks.
A small population of people also lives there year-round, it has become an off-grid home and camping alternative living community for thousands of retirees
There is also East Jesus come on the tour to hear and see more. |
|
