Slab City October 16, 2010, 10:45:45 pm Yahoo Message Number: 117578Just curious, has anybody been to Slab City in Southern Cal, down in the Salton Sea area? If so, is it worth the trip? I'm in southern Arizona so it wouldn't be too far for me to go and the weather would be tolerable this time of year. I know it is strictly boondocking there and from what I've seen on the net there are a few conveniences nearby. Would you consider it safe as I understand a lot of shall we say eccentrics live there more or less permanently. Any first hand experiences would be helpful. ThanksKen 1992 26.5 MB
Re: Slab City Reply #1 – October 16, 2010, 11:41:58 pm Yahoo Message Number: 117579Quote "Just curious, has anybody been to Slab City in Southern Cal, down in the Salton Sea area? If so, is it worth the trip? I'm in southern Arizona so it wouldn't be too far for me to go and the weather would be tolerable this time of year. I know it is strictly boondocking there and from what I've seen on the net there are a few conveniences nearby. Would you consider it safe as I understand a lot of shall we say eccentrics live there more or less permanently. Any first hand experiences would be helpful. Thanks"Ken 1992 26.5 MB http://www.slabcity.org/ There are lots of links if you Google Slab City.Chris
Re: Slab City Reply #2 – October 17, 2010, 08:32:23 am Yahoo Message Number: 117582Thanks for the links. They say it all!Andrea
Re: Slab City Reply #3 – October 17, 2010, 10:09:37 am Yahoo Message Number: 117585We went there on our way back from Alaska last summer. By all means visit it! Be sure to see Leonard's "Salvation Mountain"....you'll be amazed by him and his creation! Slab city is a vey filthy place with trash laying around everywhere. Lots of SS/disability retirees who can't afford to live
Re: Slab City Reply #4 – October 17, 2010, 11:21:20 am Yahoo Message Number: 117588There are a number of bloggers whose accounts of the Slabs I've read. Here are a few links to Life on the Open Road from last December for some first hand accounts of a visit to the Slabs. http://lifeontheopenroad.blogspot.com/2009/12/making-art-from-trash.html http://lifeontheopenroad.blogspot.com/2009/12/salvation-mountain.html http://lifeontheopenroad.blogspot.com/2009/12/little-more-on-slabs.html
Re: Slab City Reply #5 – October 17, 2010, 04:09:48 pm Yahoo Message Number: 117592wrote: There are lots of links if you Google Slab City. --- The Slabs are a destination of choice for many, and their reasons for visiting or locating there are their own. One site that offers a different perspective from many other viewpoints is:http://www.slabcity.org/As ever, YMMV.Joan
Re: Slab City Reply #6 – October 20, 2010, 12:17:28 am Yahoo Message Number: 117637Hi Ken, Forget about Slab City. Quartzsite, AZ is the place to be
Re: Slab City Reply #7 – October 20, 2010, 01:22:58 am Yahoo Message Number: 117638We were at the Celebration on Saturday. Some 15,000 to 20,000 people attended. They used 70 of the big double-decker buses from Las Vegas to transport everyone to and from the parking areas. At times, there were buses lined up on about ¾ of the entire bridge. I don’t think there will be any problem with any size vehicle. When the bridge opens next week, the dam will be closed to vehicles, so all traffic has to go across the bridge. You will still be able to visit the dam, just can’t drive across it any more.It was truly amazing to be up there 890 feet above the river. I thought it would be kind of scary walking around on the bridge, but it was just like any other highway. You didn’t think about what was under (or not under) you.Dick
Re: Slab City Reply #8 – October 20, 2010, 10:07:04 am Yahoo Message Number: 117641On 10/19/2010 9:17 PM, Rollins wrote: Quotedo you know if RVs, buses, and 18-wheelers can use the new engineering marvel of the West, the Hoover Dam flying bridge? That's one of the main reasons the bridge was built...so that RVs, buses, and 18-wheelers (not to mention automobiles) didn't have to go over the dam. While you will still be able to visit the bridge, I've read where you can only do so from the Nevada side.Linda Hylton http://earl-linda.blogspot.com/
Re: Slab City Reply #9 – November 20, 2010, 02:25:01 pm Yahoo Message Number: 118423We walked on the bridge opening day and yes you can only visit the dam now from the Nevada side. You cannot enter the dam form the AZ side. When you look at the bridge from the dam it looks very scary high but when you drive across it you can't see anyhting but the walls the put up for the wind
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