Salvation Mountain is located pretty much in the middle of Slab City, which gets it name from the concrete slabs that remained after a WWII Marine Corps training camp was torn down. The area is currently an off-the-grid squatter community for people who choose to live outside of mainstream society. We’ve been curious about the area so we drove through it after visiting Salvation Mountain.

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East Jesus is a community within Slab City that provides “… a refuge for artists, musicians, survivalists, writers, scientists, laymen and other wandering geniuses.” All of the ‘artwork’ is created using only recycled materials. We gotta say, it was pretty cool! We just don’t know what they have against dolphins?!?

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There aren’t many places to eat in the area, but luckily we found the Buckshot Deli and Diner. They have some of the best Carne Asada tacos we’ve ever had!!