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Salvation Mountain & Slab City

Post author:Colleen
Post published:January 25, 2021
Post category:Adventure Exploring

Yesterday we ventured out to find “Salvation Mountain” on the southern end of the Salton Sea. We drove about an hour and a half to the wrong location, Bombay Beach because the GPS was wrong! Now you are most likely thinking, Bombay Beach sounds nice, fun....nope; it was dismal, extremely depressed with spray painted abandoned RVs and mobile homes! We googled again and we were about 18 miles from Salvation Mountain! Salvation Mountain was created by Leonard Knight (1931-2014) in the California Desert near Slab City a Squatter/Art Community. The “mountain” is made of Adobe bricks, discarded tires,…

Arroyo Tapiado Mud Caves

Post author:Colleen
Post published:January 23, 2021
Post category:Adventure Drone Exploring Hiking Videos

Milestone: 5 months on the road as of yesterday! We have been to the “Mud Caves” twice so far! From the main road there is an 8 mile round trip dirt/sand road that requires 4WD. We had over an hour of video and hundreds of pictures. We have made a 5:33 minute video....In one of the “cave” sections of the video you may see something run by on the bottom right....we did not notice this until we were going through the videos! WTH! **Make sure the video is on HD! One of the most fascinating points of interest in the…

New Artwork, Winter in the Mountains

Post author:Colleen
Post published:January 21, 2021
Post category:Artwork

We have been editing a great video of a trip to the “Mud Caves”. We had over an hour of footage along with photos. We hope to have it completed tonight or early tomorrow. Meantime, here is a watercolor of a winter scene, one that we do not see in Southern California!Stand by!

Pickup Truck, Watercolor

Post author:Colleen
Post published:January 17, 2021
Post category:Artwork

This was inspired by a picture Carol saw from Instagram. I like to draw/paint in the evenings and many times I don’t have anything that pops into my mind as a reference; that is when Carol finds me something! Getting this scene in perspective was a real challenge; don’t look too close!

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