My mom is 67 and remembers living near salton sea..she always talks to me about it..the boatrides on her stepdads boat and fishing.etc..it has a special place in moms heart..must show her what it looks like now..thanks 4 sharing..✌she said they went to the salton sea almost everyday...🙏🙌🙏

We visited Slab City last year and it's 100% cleaner than Downtown LA and Venice Beach.

You did it again. Perfect music choice for this weirdly post apocalyptic slab city! Glad you got out safely!

Excellent documentation, wonderful narration...love your style!!!

I remember the Salton Sea from when it was the place to be and there on that water I learn how to water ski, it's so sad to see what it has become of it😢

Excellent video! You captured it so well in just 17 minutes and frankly I was disappointed when it ended. Your very talented and have an amazing soul. Thank you for sharing.

My grandmother lived in Salton Sea for over 30 years and I only been to Salvation Mountain the first time when I turned 30 6 years ago right before I moved to Texas. I love that place. Its so unique and holds its own beauty and there's nothing to fear there.

actually watched it all the way through, really enjoyed it. makes a nice change not to have a self obsessed youngster walking around with the camera focused on their own face while they waffle on about themselves. thank you for posting

On our trip west in 2015 , we visited Las Vegas, Palm Springs, San Diego, LA, Hollywood, Pacific, the beaches and Salton Sea. All places were beautiful but for some reason Salton Sea will always stand out the most in my head, earie but beautiful, I just loved it.

This is a fantastic video, thank you for making it, I’ll have to watch the rest soon! Really amazed by the fellow with the garden, that’s incredible. I’m hoping next year when my sister can visit (I’m in San Diego), we’ll be able to go out to the sea.

Great video! Thanks for sharing!... ❤️🤠

Enjoyed your professional like video and audio, wish i had been with you.. Thanks for doing this one of the best i've seen of the area, age 80 in Kentucky

Thank you for sharing the video... !!

it changed so much the water dropped alot when i was kid i fished there it was a great place to fish. The fish had a fight to bring them in the fish is called covina and corker i dont remember the name of the street. the store there my grandpa build the store. We used to go there almost every weekend to fish and stay at the b b hotel there idk if thats still there. i havent been there when i was a teenager i miss that place to go fishing thank you for the video brings back memories i have videos of the sea they are on a VHS lol i hope i can put it on a hard drive

Excellent Video! Thanks for sharing.

I really enjoyed your video, thank you for posting! I used to drive to the construction & thermo plants nearby because of my work and always wondered what people's lives were like in these strange, Mad Max looking areas, but never had the time to drive in. After watching, I still don't, but I feel closure to some degree

This area fascinates me for some reason. Watched a bunch of videos on Niland, the slabs and bombay beach, yours is different though. I loved your commentary, music not so much. Great vid and thanks for the tour.

Those lots might be a bit more costly now...thank you for the wonderful tour.

Great video. I couldn't imagine living there. Looks like hell in paradise.

I love this video! I want to take a trip over there soon.

Cool video, I have been to the Salton Sea several times starting in 1985. I have met Leonard Knight who built Salvation Mountain. He was a kind soul and was so passionate about continuing his creation despite his age. We always took a can of Bush's Baked Beans for him when we stopped by because that was his favorite meal. The last building looks like it was a store due to the loading dock out back. Looking at the graffiti there are some pros in the area. You can see the number 13 which is a gang tag, not good at all! Take care Sue and keep rocking on down the highway!

I enjoyed your video in fact more than others. Thank You!

At first I thought this video was gonna stink but as I kept watching it I really enjoyed it. You did a nice job of photography, commentary and background music. Better than lots of professional things I have seen. Thank you.

Have so many thots running thru my mine watching this, can't put it into words. But thoroughly enjoyed every minute & seeing it thru your eyes. Everything about the area seems so ironic, eerie for sure, but very intriguing! Can't help but think about the land of misfit toys, only its people that society has thrown away & forgotten about. Thanx for sharing.

Another great video.

It looks so different from when I was a child

Thanks for doing this it was great👍

From yours and other videos Slab City makes me think about dystopian futures depicted in science fiction. AND I also thought, the heart of an artist. Sometimes desolate and destroyed, yet a deeper look, filled with life and awe inspiring beauty. People are complicated and danger can be random. The cairns were really neat and I enjoyed hearing about the sincerity of those creating them. Even though they were smelly heh. So many people leave out the other senses when being descriptive. Thanks for that.

Hello from Australia! Brand new sub today, one minute in and I know I like your work. Stay safe and healthy!! 🤠

Nice work on your stuff. You have a new subscriber.

I guess I was just naïve because I visited slab city back in 2015 and did not feel the slightest bit apprehensive or scared about exploring. The few locals that I saw didn’t mess with me and I didn’t mess with them. I was respectful, took my photos and hit the road. Well I would like to go back someday you’ve got me wondering now if I was just lucky and if it’s something that I shouldn’t be doing alone. Great video.

Thank you PerSue for your take on the Salton Sea neighborhoods. And if you should read this the segment about the man who didn't want to be filmed and his garden is what I found most interesting. Gardening of any sort in extreme climates is something that draws my attention. I would very much like to know a bit more about where he got the water and details of what you witnesses. Thanks again, Don

Awesome. Thanks for doing this one. If I ever go to Slab City I won't be scared. I just saw a glimpse of the cloud. It looks like a space saucer correct ? We have them up here too. They don't move for hours sometimes.

Great video!

Nice video. I really liked all the details. I was there early this year

Very cool...thanks...

"Whimsical" wouldn't be the first, second, third or even forth word I would pick to describe this place.

your awesome ! keep exploring !

Very entertaining video. You were brave to go there by yourself, especially going in that mans dwelling who did not want to be photographed. In that desolate place you could have disappeared without a trace. Thank you for providing a taste of California.

I remember camping there in the '70s. Bombay Beach would have 5 or 6 rows of rv's as far as you could see. The fishing was excellent. 25-30 pound Corvina. The hotter it got, the better the bite. I learned how to water ski there, the water was blue and beautiful then. You said 63% Hispanic, what's the other 37%.

I've heard good and bad about Slab City. Seems most people there are friendly and some keep to themselves. I think a lot of drunken fights happen at that night club when large crowds of visitors are there. Not sure I would go, but I would love to see the Salton Sea. Thanks for sharing! HUGS~Donna

Pretty dang cool. Thank you

The most troubling thing about the Salton Sea is, it doesn't have to be this way. Shortsighted selfish people will let it die, and then cry crocodile tears when it's dead.

I lived in Niland as a child for a short time. My dad was raised in Niland and we as a family would visit his Mom and Dad (my grandparents) many times.

I love bombay beach. What's the scary music that starts @ the 13:00 minute mark? I like it. Great footage. Cool video.

Such a pity,,, the entire area of salton sea would be comparable to the island of tenerife if the environment had been stable since the 50s!!! It would be filled with tourists,hotels, its own airport!!!

Awesome :)

VERY NICE . SORRY TOOK ME SO LONG TO WATCH THIS..

I’m a year late to this video. Thanks for the awesome video! I’m subbing

That would be WONDERFUL for me. I'm a desert liker🌴☀🌵 ☀🌊🌴I like beaches too & would like to see an oasis too if possible☀🌴🌊

I've been all over the California deserts but I have never been to Slab City. Great videos!

maybe the next Presidential administration, California and Mexico can get together and build the southern canal and rebuild the Salton Sea.

Some people spend their days worrying about where their next meal will come from and some just worry about where their next can of spray paint will come from.

11:33 "May I film you? No, I don't want you to...." (proceeds to photograph and show him here anyway after he was kind enough to let you in to his place lol)

Supposed to be an unarmed nuclear bomb lost in the salton sea, along with numerous ww2 aircraft and crew that were never recovered

Oh man I'm so sorry you missed it but did you see the volcanic mud holes at the southeast corner of the lake got to go check that out it's awesome

Awesome video. Wish I could have gotten my RV fixed but the guy screwed me out of 5000 dollars he quit working on it and hasn't still has not finished I have walked away I'm broke depressed and almost homeless. Keep up the good work

What a difference 2 yrs makes. Salvation Mtn is in disrepair & it was also closed for painting. All inside area were closed off as well. There was holes. It's definitely not being looked after like before. 🙀

This Gawd-Awful Dump makes Detroit look like paradise!

Its been 20 years since I was a Riverside County resident who used to make regular runs down Highway 86 to El Centro going through Bombay Beach. Apparently nothing has changed in that time.

You missed out on so much by not going in, even the drive in where the interior of every car is an art piece.

I was there Christmas time 2019 the water was way down it was a hike there are a lot to see lol I took a lot of pictures. Did get a picture of the crane.?

Isn't it dangerous to be there by yourself. By the way I enjoyed the video and the music made it better,good choice Sue A friend in Tennessee.

How interesting.

Wonderful video! I see a lot of videos of people either gawking disrespectfully at the people who live at the Salton Sea/Niland/Slab City and I thought you were very respectful and extremely informative! I really enjoyed this. I am so interested about the Salton Sea, its inhabitants, and the surrounding areas, as it kind of does seem to be the last frontier for true freedom, especially in Slab City. I watch any and every documentary I can about the place and my favorite so far is “Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea”. It’s a great documentary and I recommend anyone who’s interested to check it out. I have been wanting to visit so badly and interact with the locals (if they’ll have me) and just spend time with them and get to know them, just as you did. Others can say what they will about the place but I’ve never heard anything but good things about the people that live there and I’ve heard that they’re generous and kind and always willing to allow you a peek in at their way of life. Can’t wait to see it all for myself one day, especially Salvation Mountain. I know there are pictures of it all over the internet but I want to be able to witness it and enjoy it for myself and see all the work that Leonard put into it. He seemed like such a kind and amazing man. Anyway, like I said, great video and thanks for sharing! :-)

I wonder if there are ancient caves from prehistory when this was a big lake that reached the mountains.

6:49 my brother and I use to ride our skateboards on that sidewalk in front of the bank just to piss off the guard. Sadly, this whole town is dead now.

Hello, Doe's anyone know if this lady is her name Sue passed on or why there are no recent video's that I can find or know about ? Thank you, RJ in Utah....

You went after it rained. They keep folks off the mountain because it's very soft and squishy and will be damaged when wet.

This place is an environmental disaster of many, many different layers. It really just keeps perpetuating. It looks like a very depressing place to me, i really want to go there and visit.

Art Brut!

From the intro I thought this was going to be about the migrating birds that now rely on the Sea. Many of the wetland areas have been converted to farms. Even though the Salton sea was an accident, it is about the only rest stop available to the birds. I wonder if you couldn't get a lot at the Salton Sea even cheaper at a tax lien sale. Maybe even one with a mobile home on it. The LOW area at the Slabs seems to be pretty safe. It stands for Loners On Wheels. This is a club for solo vehicle dwellers.

In the summer of 2015 I walked around the entire shoreline of Salton Sea (the only person to ever do so) and I can tell you there is way more beauty there than most people will ever know..

At the end of your film , its not a cloud , its a weather balloon from the military base nearby ?

If I truly slip my cable, I will move to the Salton Sea.

15:56 octopus Frankenstein..thats trippin :)

Was it a daytime ghost wandering around at 7:46?

Perfect place to record apocalyptic Hollywood movies.

Very interesting video. From the appearance of so many Christian references in Slab City, if the residents actually live up to the signs and symbols, it is probably some of the safest real estate on earth. If you were to get killed there, it would seem you would be more likely to be killed by yet another outsider. Perhaps a drifter from Vegas. Lol. With the obvious outward appearance of a religious community, I would actually have been more shocked to find a population of rude & cantankerous people, or possible murderers. I’m from southern Georgia, but have traveled all around in this area, Death Valley, Mojave, Joshua Tree, time & again. I’ve never noticed any sign or info mentioning the Salton Sea or we would have definitely given it a tour out of sheer curiosity. Looks to be an eerie and novel place, even if a bit short on visitors centers, gas stations, and hotels. I kinda like that aspect though. Lol.

Great video! Although, when someone says that they do not want to be filmed, please don't put them in your youtube video!

Just wondering did last years hurricane do anything to recharge the sea ?

The forgotten part of California I went to the slabs yesterday what an experience lol

Looks rather post-apocalyptic-sans Mad Max!

☉☉☉ Very interesting ty

Tweeker art..plain and simple.

Walk on the wild side

Its realy ashame to see the town go to waist. I saw a video that said you can get alot for 3,500 in its day it was a blooming town

The Slabs. AKA Tweeker villa

8:50 The town of Shelburne Falls is in Massachusetts, not Vermont. There is a place near Shelburne, Vermont that is called Shelburne Falls, but it isn't a TOWN, it's a waterfall. Somebody got their facts screwed up.

Twenty years go by quickly but in a place like this¯\_(ツ)_/¯ the time thay are a changin

Gosh i can hear your friend snoring in the passenger seat.

As of 4/21 East Jesus is not open

That sea water must have been diverted somewhere else

Population is 900 plus. I lived there.

Why is it every film about the Salton Sea concentrates on horrible Bombay Beach or homeless camp Slab City? There is more to it than that.

It was never meant to be

Say no to digital zoom

I’ve been to slab city many times the first time just drove around lucky and everybody seem to be very friendly waving talk to a lot of people nothing wrong with these people they’re just trying to exist builder bill which built the range is one of the first ones that slab Siri very nice gentleman not another fella at least Jesus a young lad he was very very polite showed me around told me about the place I have Meet Lots of people there and I’ve never ever had a problem you just don’t go in and trust pass or bother other people I know the eighth the rule as you state out a piece of land it’s yours don’t interfere with other peoples and you’ll be fine

Looks like during the 1950's-1970's this area was attempting to replicate Palm Springs... But obviously it needs to be bull dozed. What an apocalyptic mess...

Gateway to hell. I’d love to visit here.