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  • February 3, 2012 at 1:38 PM #19480
    bearishgurl
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    Introducing, “Slab City,” just north of Niland, CA and lying between the Salton Sea and your favorite ATV dunes …

    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=niland,+california&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=33.258391,-115.463068&spn=0.010102,0.023239&t=h&om=1

    “Chicago” Joe Angio and his wife Anna did everything by the book to secure their slice of the American Dream. They earned college degrees, started a small business, bought a house and pair of cars, paid their taxes and credit-card bills on time. But when the economy tanked, so did the dream. Between two jobs they could barely pay their mortgage, reaching a point where they had to choose which creditor to shortchange at the end of the month in order to keep the lights on. With foreclosure no longer a matter of if, but of when, the couple looked on the Internet for the ideal place to lay low, spend less and experiment with solar power to “get more for our buck out of our environment.” They bought a used RV and went off the grid. Way off….

    Read more: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2105597,00.html#ixzz1lMBWYvei

    Pack up the U-haul, or better yet, RV (with a case of sunscreen), LOL…

    February 4, 2012 at 8:36 PM #737371
    NotCranky
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    Too crowded.

    February 5, 2012 at 9:09 AM #737377
    scaredyclassic
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    Well shoot I gotta go visit! Burning mans too expensive and mainstream

    February 5, 2012 at 12:58 PM #737381
    Essbee
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    There is a “California’s Gold” episode in which Huell Howser visits Slab City and Salvation Mountain. I can’t remember what Huell said… but bets are on, “That’s ahhhMAYzing!!!”

    And also, as the article points out, it was featured in the book and movie “Into the Wild.”

    February 5, 2012 at 8:08 PM #737385
    bearishgurl
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    Directions to “Slab City”:

    From San Diego or Yuma, take Interstate 8 to Hwy. 111 north. Niland is about 32 miles. Turn east on Main St. (turns into Beal Road) and go a little over 3 miles to Salvation Mountain and Slab City.

    See: http://www.desertusa.com/mag09/aug09/slab-city.html

    February 6, 2012 at 4:19 AM #737393
    barnaby33
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    Does it have to be in the US?
    Josh

    February 6, 2012 at 5:58 PM #737451
    desmond
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    I once stayed at the North Shore Motel about 25 years ago during a dove hunting trip. When we were checking in the lady at the counter told us we should not sleep in the beds under the covers using the sheets. During the night the room next door had a huge domestic fight, I was shocked nobody called the cops………….

    February 7, 2012 at 12:43 PM #737492
    sdduuuude
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    This is just awesome. If my wife leaves me for the gardener and takes the kids, I’m all over it.

    Would be really fun to build a quaint little house, paint it pink with a picket fence on one of those slabs.

    February 8, 2012 at 8:24 AM #737535
    Casca
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    Tweakers = Zombies, go with a heavy load of 00 buck.

    February 9, 2012 at 9:05 AM #737616
    Ren
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    I went to slab city recently as part of a road trip. It’s basically a garbage dump with bad weather. There are MUCH better places to park a solar powered RV.

    February 9, 2012 at 12:02 PM #737632
    sdduuuude
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    [quote=Ren]I went to slab city recently as part of a road trip. It’s basically a garbage dump with bad weather. There are MUCH better places to park a solar powered RV.[/quote]

    Probably none with more character, though.

    Character, and characters.

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