SLAB CITY, CALIFORNIA

During the winter months, as many as several thousand campers – mostly elderly retirees – flock to the site for the warmer desert weather and lack of fees.

These seasonal residents, known as “snow-birds,” live in a variety of housing formats.

Though most come to the area in their RVs, many also squat in abandoned structures, such as old, inoperative buses or driftwood shacks.