In 1984 Leonard Knight came to Slab City and started building Salvation Mountain.
Over the next 28 years he created this Folk Art Monument with a simple message that "God is Love".
He built it with hay bails, tree limbs, adobe mud, and junk. Then he painted his message in all the bright colors of the rainbow.
I'll let the following pictures tell his story.
(I hope your viewing this on a computer screen not on a small phone screen)
Leonard died last year. Chances are his creation will not live forever either. The brutal desert will reclaim the space it lent to Leonard for his message.
I hope you enjoyed my trip to Salvation Mountain. I did!
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