Slab City, California

Jim says:

Yesterday I drove the about 75 miles to arrive at Slab City. It’s located about three miles out into the desert from the small city of Niland, CA on the southeastern shore of the Salton Sea which is about 35 miles long. It is a most unusual place! Most of the drive was on California Highway 111 which is essentially atop of the San Andreas Fault.

The Slab City area in Southeastern California as see by Google Earth.

Known as Camp Dunlap during World War II, RVers found it in the 1960′s. I’ve been stopping here for the last 15 years.

Here are three links to help you get a better understanding of this most unusual place!

http://www.militarymuseum.org/CpDunlap.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_City

http://homeiswhereweparkourhouse.com/adventure01/panoramas/slabpan.html

Here’s everything you could want to know about the Salton Sea…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea

Finally here is a link for a YouTube Video that will give you a good look at Slab City…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRuv1BXEi_w

Before I leave you, I want to share three photos with you…
Two days ago morning sunrise at Thousand Trails RV Resort in 1000 Palms, California…

Last night from the eating area window of the motorhome at Slab City…sunset over the Salton Sea…

And finally out in the desert with no light pollution from street lights, etc…a 3/4 moon…

It’s so nice to get away from city noises, sirens, etc…all I could hear last night in the far off distance was the sound of a diesel train horn and an occasional coyote howl …so peaceful!

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