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- azdryheatExplorerWe stopped there once. Don't see the need to ever go back. Once is enough. Place stinks.
- 2gypsies1Explorer IIIStay in Borrego Springs and do a day trip to Salton.
- rockhillmanorExplorerGoogle salton sea and watch the documentary. It is NOT a place to rv to.
- bikendanExplorerI agree with the others.
Been to Salton Sea and Niland numerous times.
It's gotten worse over time.
The only reason to camp there, is if you want to stay at Slab City. - 1320FastbackExplorerIf one would want to boondock nearby North Marina Drive is super popular with the off road crowd.
- Ralph_CramdenExplorer II
MarkTwain wrote:
clarkster wrote:
If you have never been to the "Sea" you could be in for a rude awakening.
It's nothing more than a huge cesspool of root beer colored water that makes foam at waters edge.
Dead Tilapia (fish) are everywhere.
It stinks....it's ugly and the wind is relentless.
20-30 years ago, the fishing was great for large (10 lb+) orange mouth corvina. Although I have not been there in a couple of decades, I can imagine this fishery is bleak, if even that.
This "Sea" is fed on the south end by the New River. This river starts up with agricultural runoff and irrigation canals in Mexicali Mexico.
By the time this "river" makes it way north across the Imperial Valley in CA, more AG runoff, with the attendant chemical composition of fertilizers and pesticides, it's very toxic to fish.
Birds and critters love it......it's classic riparian habitat.
The water itself is very salty......way more than the open ocean.
Frankly, I would never ever go there again. It's that ugly.
Thats exactly how I remember the Salton Sea but I didn't want to be too discouraging to the RVer wanting to go there:):):)
World's Perfect Cesspool. - MarkTwainExplorer
clarkster wrote:
If you have never been to the "Sea" you could be in for a rude awakening.
It's nothing more than a huge cesspool of root beer colored water that makes foam at waters edge.
Dead Tilapia (fish) are everywhere.
It stinks....it's ugly and the wind is relentless.
20-30 years ago, the fishing was great for large (10 lb+) orange mouth corvina. Although I have not been there in a couple of decades, I can imagine this fishery is bleak, if even that.
This "Sea" is fed on the south end by the New River. This river starts up with agricultural runoff and irrigation canals in Mexicali Mexico.
By the time this "river" makes it way north across the Imperial Valley in CA, more AG runoff, with the attendant chemical composition of fertilizers and pesticides, it's very toxic to fish.
Birds and critters love it......it's classic riparian habitat.
The water itself is very salty......way more than the open ocean.
Frankly, I would never ever go there again. It's that ugly.
Thats exactly how I remember the Salton Sea but I didn't want to be too discouraging to the RVer wanting to go there:):):) - LwiddisExplorer IIAgree with Mark Twain.
- clarksterExplorerIf you have never been to the "Sea" you could be in for a rude awakening.
It's nothing more than a huge cesspool of root beer colored water that makes foam at waters edge.
Dead Tilapia (fish) are everywhere.
It stinks....it's ugly and the wind is relentless.
20-30 years ago, the fishing was great for large (10 lb+) orange mouth corvina. Although I have not been there in a couple of decades, I can imagine this fishery is bleak, if even that.
This "Sea" is fed on the south end by the New River. This river starts up with agricultural runoff and irrigation canals in Mexicali Mexico.
By the time this "river" makes it way north across the Imperial Valley in CA, more AG runoff, with the attendant chemical composition of fertilizers and pesticides, it's very toxic to fish.
Birds and critters love it......it's classic riparian habitat.
The water itself is very salty......way more than the open ocean.
Frankly, I would never ever go there again. It's that ugly. - SAR_TrackerExplorerGlamis North Hot springs, resturant, store, etc. Not too far from Bombay Beach.
Blu-Inn RV Park Good if you have OHVs, otherwise, it's kinda far from the Salton Sea
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