Salvation Mountain, Niland, CA

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to go visit Salvation Mountain. Salvation Mountain is located in Niland, California, which is located on the southeast side of the Salton Sea.



Salvation Mountain is Leonard Knight's tribute to God and his gift to the world with its simple yet powerful message: "God Is Love." The minute we arrived with our two carloads of folks, Leonard was calling to us to go on the tour with him and another family that had just arrived. Leonard is 77 years old and has been working on the "mountain" for 27 years.

Leonard Knight, the creator and builder of Salvation Mountain




Leonard is so passionate about his mountain and very eager to share it with the public and all the detail that went into it. He has "rooms" in his mountain and you can definately tell the temperature difference when you enter them. Within his room he has a couple of "trees." The trees are made of tires. Car Tires, Tractor Tires.....and then built up with Adobe, hay and paint.

The "tire" tree



He has his resident cat that hangs out in the mountain too. His name is George.

"George"




Leonard told us to take the "yellow brick road" up to the top of the mountain. Of course the kids scrambled up it fairly quickly. They loved the moutain.



It is truly amazing. The bright colors, the weirdness of it all, it's just downright cool in it's own way.

The Yellow Brick Road




There is a dedicated website about the mountain, the link is below:

www.salvationmountain.us

The mountain is about 45 minutes away from our Salton Sea house. Right behind the mountain is another wierd sight. Slab City. I will post pictures and blog on that next.

Debbie, Paige, Leonard & Paulette



Kimberly, Tyler, Ivan, Kevin & Leonard



I told the kids to remember this opportunity to meet Leonard. I have a gut feeling that long after Leonard is gone, the mountain will live on.