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Joined: Oct 17, 2004
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Hello everyone, I keep meaning to post something here, we’re really fascinated by the subject.
Unfortunately the Tiki in front of the former Salton Tiki vanished right after our post in 08, the next time I drove by there was just a hole in the dirt.
Since the area was developed during the late 50’s early 60’s the Polynesian pop would obviously be a big influence the place was kind of frozen in time, there were a lot of cool Tiki elements left up until recently. There were customized trailers with A-frames, there used to be a lot of Tiki idols in peoples yards.
I can not overstate how amazing it is that the North Shore was saved, I would have bet money it would end up demolished like everything else out there. Again unfortunately around 08 we started noticing all kind of things disappearing; some stuff like recyclables I understand, whole doors and pieces of peoples (once) homes, all the block work from an old marina is a little much and ridiculous. From what we gather the Salton Sea was featured on two cable shows around then and I presume this attracted a certain new crowd to the area.
Aside from the man made there is an amazing amount of natural wonder down here, the amount of migrating birds at times is staggering and when you think this is just about the last place they can go in California makes you realize the importance of saving the Sea. There are places you can cross over the San Andreas Fault, on the South side there are mud pots, they bubble hot mud look like termite mounds it is an absolutely breathtaking place. You can see a movie I made of them here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7qJb4JmOEM
I’ve been shooting photographs there for a few years and last year Truus and I made a CD (if anyone on TC wants a copy it’s $10 including shipping) for the area, you can see the whole story at http://www.saltonsink.com
My Very Best Alohas
Bosko
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