As mentioned in the previous blog, I was going to mention and show that Salton city has an abundance of commercial properties for sale.  I have photographed some of the properties to show you,  Some of the signs appeared worn and old while others appeared to be recently placed.  To sell and develop these properties seems to be universally agreed upon by my neighbors.

 This property is located on a street called Service road which runs parallel to and is visible from Highway 86

 This is another piece along service road and is somewhat faded

This is a piece of commercial land at the intersection of service road and north marina drive.  It is located across from the housing development formally known as "the Salton sea estates".

 

Today, the Salton sea estates can be considered incomplete.  I wouldn't consider it a failed development.  On one of my future visits I will photograph some of the beautiful homes and open space of that development.  This is one development that will probably be finished with the renewed political interest in fixing the ailing Salton sea.  To see the current progress on the political interest in the sea which occurred in April 2013, go to youtube and search "Salton sea stakeholders forum" and view the 2hr 47min video.

Salton city on the long fourth of July weekend was surprisingly uneventful.  Usually a fireworks show is put on and this is the first time since buying my home in 2009 that no show was put on.  So, on the fourth we took a trip to Brawley, which is about 30 miles south on highway 86.  We went to the Walmart supercenter there where we bought some items for home we needed.  On the way home from there, we had to drive through a checkpoint at the intersection of Highway 86 and highway 78.  It is operated by the US Border patrol.

Since we did not know where there were any public fireworks shows in either Imperial county or the Coachella valley we bought fireworks from a fireworks stand and set off our own that evening.  Friday we had plans to visit the Knott's soak city in the Palm Springs area and that took the majority of the day.  That pretty much left me for Saturday the 6th and Sunday the 7th to take a few pictures of the area.

First of all I went to the Casino and took some outside pictures since many people tend to frown when their pictures are taken and especially published on the net.  The Casino here is not really in Salton city but is about seven miles north and close to the town of Salton sea beach.  Well anyway, here is what the Casino from the outside looks like starting with the sign.  It is called the Red Earth Casino:

 

 

In the lower photo, The Casino is to the left which is the building with the red lower section.  It is a somewhat small casino in comparison to those you may know in Las Vegas.  I have visited it a couple of times but for one reason or another gambling doesn't seem to interest me much.

 

Another location I visited was the Vista del Mar clubhouse.  It is also known as the Dome.  It consists of a circular looking building which houses the Clubhouse.  There is also a solar heated pool in the back.  However when I visited the place in the morning it appeared closed and I was unable to get in and photograph the pool.  I would like to become a member of the organization but every time I go there, no one is around to give information.

 



It does appear to be well maintained and it's also possible that staff is not there on weekends or Holidays.  I may never know.

Another place I visited that morning was the local golf course.  I'm told that it was built by volunteers who put in everything from the irrigation system to the signs at each hole which state number and distance in yards.  It uses the honor system to pay green fees.  It's a nine hole course.  There is a clubhouse and the volunteers there were nice enough to give me a golf cart tour of the place.  Here are the photos:

 This is the sign that tells you the approach to the Golf course.

 This is the clubhouse

 one of the signs put up by volunteers

 As you can see, the greens are green and the fairways are desert or earth

A close up of one of the greens with the hole

 

Sometime later this week I will post photos of Commercial land available in the Salton city area so those business organizations wishing to expand may consider this area.