The western sky and landscape can be just amazing. Beautiful!
I've spent the last three, unseasonably warm months in Slab City, California.
What a place! This is my third season here and the Slabs are as amazing as ever.
It's the place of eternal Anything Can Happen Day. Tourists drive in,
see the trash and can't believe people can live like this. Frankly, I don't
see how people can live here in the summer. It's not just the 120° heat; the
critters here are no picnic either. The ants, for example can give you a bite
worse than any bee sting and it lasts a week.
But just look at these skies:
This is Salvation Mountain, from which much of what is
Slab City has spawned. The thirty year effort of
Leonard Knight, a visionary folk artist, the Mountain has become
a popular tourist destination. For some, like me, it is a point
of first contact with Slab City.
Leonard entered a nursing home two years ago and died this winter.
His absence from his home began a series of events that will mean big changes
for the Slabs. The Mountain is now a protected historical site. Efforts
are being made to protect and preserve it. Here's an article
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