The city sits right on the shores of the Salton Sea. It became obvious to us that this area was a popular coastal destination about thirty years ago. The Sea appeared to be in decline as there were dead fish just about everywhere on the shore, and the shore itself looked like it hadn't had water on it in at least that long. The city was also in decline. Almost all of the homes we saw were old and run down. There were a few pockets of new homes that were on sale and those were being offered at rock bottom prices. We took the drive along the coast in the city and came upon an area that had a boat launch and we could walk out and get some pictures. the first one below is of an American White Pelican and they were plentiful in the water:
Then there are these pictures of the "beach" area, which you can see is in decline:
As we finished the drive through town, we did find the grocery store and the post office (in the grocery store). The Salton Sea is an interesting story as you can see in the link above.
After leaving Salton City we went about two miles north to the nearest casino to us: the Red Earth Casino. This casino will never compete with Vegas or Laughlin, but it isn't too bad for a remote casino. It had most of what the other, larger casinos have, but a lot fewer machines. We played with just a few bucks to try it out and actually played for quite awhile. The other good part is that it wasn't very crowded - probably because it is so remote. It will be a decent place to get a casino "fix" if we need one sometime.
After returning home at about 5 PM we did some laundry and watched a little TV. It was a pretty busy day and we were happy to have discovered some new things in the area. Today will be a stay home day as we need to prepare a flyer and a price list for our coffee cart. Later...
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