Kit and Carol on the Road

We found Salton City on our first trip south. While we were at a museum in San Diego we read about the plan in the 50’s to create a huge resort town here on the lake—so we just had to stop. The streets are still here but not much else. The lake got a little saltier and less desirable than anyone expected. You can still see the skeletons of motels and marinas. The Salton City Spa and RV park sits near the lake pretty much in the “middle of nowhere”. We love all the deserted roads for biking and the friendliness of the people here.

Today we went to the Visitor Center for the Salton Sea State Recreation Area. It’s on the other side of the lake. Collected a little more information about this huge inland lake—it’s saltier than the oceans but not as salty as Utah’s Great Salt Lake. I knew it was largely formed when “human error” essentially dumped the entire Colorado River into this basin, but did not remember that the entire basin was created eons ago and connected on and off to the Gulf. I still have some literature to read on the lake—everything you want to know and then some.
Weather is not so great today by the way—rained last night and it’s cloudy and a little cooler.