>At 8:32 PM -0500 6/18/97, Eve Andree Laramee wrote:
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>>the ancient shoreline of Lake Cahuilla high up on a mountain above the
>>Salton "Sea"'s engineering disaster. The past becomes theater for the dram=
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>>of this present place.
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>My parents bought a plot of land at Salton Sea in the early 'sixties in
>some real estate hustle. They flew down from our home in Spokane and were
>very impressed by Bob Hope's house. They brought me back a rock that I
>remember as being white and looking sort of like coral. I don't know what
>happened to the rock but mom still owns the land, which is worthless. I
>assume I will inherit it eventually. My legacy.
>
>Robbin Murphy
Robbin, the coral you speak of is in fact fossilized coral, built by an
ancient species of reef-building clams (really!) near Travertine Rock, if
that rings a bell... Yes, Salton Sea is very strange - Slab City - concrete
slabs, lots of named streets with no houses, dead palm trees planted in
orderly rows, foundation slabs for anticipated habitation - barren - creepy
....but not worthless, I don't think. I find the "non-culture" of these
types of interstitial places fascinating. In fact there is a whole
sub-culture of individuals living in Slab City who love it because they can
park their trailer there and "because it's free". Geologically the place is
compelling and strange. I hope you visit it when you inherit it.
Eve Andr=E9e Laram=E9e