Slab City California

We first heard of Slab City years ago while we were planning our trip and finding unique and cheap places to park the RV. But I quickly forgot about it until I read the book Into the Wild. When the movie came Auvi new that we had to go and visit there. Our friend Austin White had some amazing photos from there so we knew we had to head over when we were in California. Austin has some great pics for sale of this area on his web siteaustinsplace.etsy.com
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Slab City is an area where you can park for free and stay as long as you would like. In the community they have the Grange, this is where locals play music and hang out together. They have their own little library that was started by a woman who lived there; they also have a little community style area.

The shower is a manhole that has water pumped through we learned quickly to walk up to it slowly or you may be surprised at what or who you see in the shower.

Our favorite spot and reason for stopping was because of Lenard’s    Salvation Mountain.

Lenard stopped in the area years ago and just decided to never leave. He has been working on his creations and honor to God ever since.

Lenard’s sweet soul has a simple message “Keep it simple, and God is love” We spent the day with him talking about his life and his choices and we were so inspired by his choice to push out what so many find as important in life and focus on what matters most in life.

This was an important part of our journey and it helped us find our selves and what we are looking for in life.

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