sherm363: Slab City Campout 2016

A Gold Wing with a Kwik Kamp, a pickup with a tent, and a small RV. We're off!

A real treat was a personal tour of the living area in the Art Museum at Slab City. Due to respect of their privacy, I won't post any pictures inside the actual living areas.

Inside the structure is their "Cold Tub". When the temperature outside is 120 degrees, with evaporation and fans, they can keep the water temp to around 90. Feels cool in the summer heat here.

A very ingenious Sanitary station.

They have solar power that is stored in a huge bank of batteries. It powers a couple freezers, as well as a satellite internet provider.

Decorations on the front of one of the vehicles

Designed by a lady, this is The Fliver

One of the heads fell off and is laying in the back seat

Someone donated a few CO2 bottles

They are used in various places for where ever the artists find them useful.

Another car hood

Stuff

Joe and Susan, Pat, Jim and Katie

The campsite is coming together

finding some shade

snacks

A motorcycle tent trailer, a nice 6 man hotel, and the Minnie RV makes up out little space for the night

Not far away, we found this abandoned RV

A little stress crack

There was a nice bicycle inside

At one time this "coffee table" book was in good shape.

Last registration was 10 years ago

Jim and Joe must have been Boy Scouts. You can tell because of the bottle of fire starter. :-)

Susan is the designated food checker

If she doesn't keel over, we'll think it's safe to eat

Boy Scouts or not, Joe made a very nice fire

Sun going down, food getting reaedy

This could be dangerous

Yum, Sweep Potato chips

Love that face!

Pat stirring Katie's Chorezo Chili for the hot dogs

Really good, and healthy too!

Fire is burning down to make good coals

Sun going down, an almost full moon coming up

Across the main road is "The Range". We'll be going over there later

Cooking up a couple of Dogs

The Buffet line

The music is drawing us in.

Some very different sorts of people. Young and old Hippies. And others that would be hard to put a label on. Most were have a very good time. Lots of dancers, and lots that were just on the dance floor. It was fun to watch

One of the few flash pictures I took, and this was a mistake. We didn't think it would add the the atmosphere to be taking flash pictures. Or, to be real obvious about any pictures of some of the more interesting people.

There were over a dozen dogs running around. Of all sizes. Some were as scrappy as the people, but most were well behaved. None of them were on leashes.

Little concession selling pop and candy bars

Speaking of "old hippies" :-)

There was a lot going on that we didn't hear about until today. It had been an interesting day in Slab city.

Hot on the trail

This Mule even played a part in the fun

There were probably 7 or 8 different groups over the course of the evening. Some very good...some...not so much. But all entertaining. Pat and I called it a night relatively early. The youngsters managed to make a good night of it :-)
The time we spent together was GREAT FUN. We saw some interesting things, enjoyed the weather, the food, and each other's company. We'll do it again!

These last 17 were taken with my phone before the battery went dead. Here's the group on the way out of the park

Jim and Katie's Traveling rig. this unit was covered MANY miles all over the United States

Ordering a Mexican lunch in Calipatria, CA

Katie is part of the display!

The propeller was really going. Looks like they could hook up a generator to it!

A living room up in the trees

Endless Stuff

Except sometimes

The Dragon we helped stuff with plastic bags last week

A small part of a very large fence

We were fortunate to have a guided tour through area's most people don't see. As I said before, I'm not posting people picture in their or their more intimate living quarters