What To Do When You're Waiting for Paperwork in Calexico

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Salvation Mountain; Crazy place in Niland, CA where this guy built up a mountain of hay, coated it in something, then used thousands of gallons of paint to cover it in scriptures and decorations.

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Mountains and desert on one side and the accidentally created Salton Sea with its pelicans on the other. The kids had fun finding pelican feathers.

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The International Banana Museum in Mecca, CA had almost everything banana you could think of. 

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Wisteria Candy Cottage 

Unfortunately, this famous chocolate shop was closed on the day we visited... So we went to the:

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Desert view tower

The views at the top of this tower/shop/information center were spectacular but the wind was super strong! On the same property were some kid-friendly caves and rock formations.

Coming next: what to do when you unexpectedly hear your work visas will take an extra week and a half and you're in southern California...