Salvation Mountain was created by Leonard Knight, shown in the picture below...
As you can see, it's a huge man-made mountain made out of adobe clay. Leonard has been sculpting and painting the "mountain" since about 1984. For some reason, I have always been drawn to the mountain. So to actually be there after years of looking at pictures, it was surreal to say the very least. Leonard gave us a tour of the mountain. He also let us cook dinner at his "place" (his home is a donated trailer that he has converted into a very humble shack) and even let us camp on his property.
At dark, we headed into Slab City. Slab City is an old abandoned army base. All that is left of the base are the concrete foundations, or slabs. People from all around the country come to stay here. Some stay for the winter and some have been here their whole lives. We had the pleasure of hanging out for a night of music at "The Range", a makeshift stage made from trailers. We met some of the most amazing people and experienced a kind of community you don't see too often these days. Needless to say, if was very difficult to leave Slab City and the mountain.
We didn't get any pictures of the Slab City fun, but here are some of Salvation Mountain.
Ok, I did find one picture from the slabs. Here it is. You can see a few RVs in the background.
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