"How was your weekend? Do anything fun?" Probably the most asked question on a Monday morning.

For a long time, I would be the person who didn't do anything or it would be the same, " Yeah, I surfed and just hungout." A huge reason for this, was because I had no money to do anything. That is until I realized there are a lot of fun things to do out there that are either free or just had to pay for gas to get there.

Today I am starting my blog series called 'On the Weekends' which gives you some ideas of little adventures you can do for relatively cheap and within a 24 or 48 hour period. They wont be long winded but will give you an insight on time frames and how much it cost to do fun things. I hope you enjoy.

Salvation Mountain.

I had been wanting to visit Salvation Mountain for sometime now and I finally pulled the trigger. I asked my buddy, Jeremy Wright, to tag along and he was certainly down to go. Below is our adventure!

We got on the road around 7:00 am and headed south towards the border. The drive is about 2.5 hours to get there from Orange County. Make sure to have some music on your phone because you will definitely lose radio connection once you pass the Salton Sea.

We arrived at Salvation Mountain at about 9:30 am and the below photos are what we experienced.

We stayed at Salvation Mountain for about 1.5 hours then headed to Bombay Beach in the Salton Sea. Since I hadn't heard a lot about the Salton Sea, everything was a surprise to me.

After walking around for a little while, we headed back north towards Palm Springs to visit the Mirror House which is one of the last standing Art Exhibits for Desert X. The drive should only take about an hour. You can stay as long as you want at the Mirror House, but we were definitely hungry since it was already around 1:30. The earlier you go to the Mirror House, the better.

On the drive back home to Huntington Beach, we stopped at one of California's most famous burgers chains, In-N-Out, right next to Morongo Casino.

Even though we went straight home, there are definitely more stops you can do on the way back home like seeing the windmills, giant dinosaurs, stop at Morongo Casino, and much more.

We ended our day back home by 4pm with a full stomach of burgers, a grip of photos, and a day we wont ever forget!

Below is a breakdown of how much our adventure cost:

Full tank of gas $45
Waters & Snacks - $10
Salvation Mountain - FREE
Salton Sea ( Bombay Beach ) - FREE
Mirror House - FREE
In N Out - $12
Day of fun - PRICELESS

TOTAL - $67 for a day long adventure

Email me for any other details you may want to know!!

Salvation Mountain - http://www.salvationmountain.us/
Desert X - https://www.desertx.org/
Bombay Beach - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Beach,_California
In-N-Out - http://www.in-n-out.com/