We wanted to experience the Salton Sea shore. We found a fairly close access point in Salton City, CA, (population just over 3,000). If you hear "sea" enough, you forget this is really just a large lake, but with a salt content that is 25% higher than the ocean. I think it is safe to say we have now "experienced" the Salton Sea and we will not need to get quite so close again!
From the highway, at a raised elevation, the water looks very,...
...very blue - electric blue.
...but down at ground level, the water had a very different look!
The white caps had a dingy yellow look and the water had a black cast.
What a bizarre landscape, with the midnight blue water, peculiarly heaving mud flats and an abundance of dead fish cascaras.
I bet you can guess what the smell was like!
Back home, I got to spend about 20 minutes cleaning the gooey mud and barnacles off of my shoes. Now you know why Sam was getting a free ride as we walked along the shore.
What looks liked sand, was actually piles of dead barnacles,...
...very thin, sharp barnacles.
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