Doug McConnell’s OpenRoad.TV Tips

August 2008

Last Day on Bay Area Backroads

08/21/08

Last Day on Bay Area Backroads

It's odd this morning.   I'm leaving in a few minutes to go to one of my favorite spots in the Bay Area, the Marin Headlands, to say goodbye to an old friend. 

First, the place. The Headlands is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA,) the greatest and most-visited urban national park in the world.  From Tomales Bay in the north to the hills near Woodside on the Peninsula, the GGNRA includes 80,000 acres and natural and historic gems such as Muir Woods, Alcatraz, the Presidio, Sweeney Ridge and, of course, the Headlands.  

A little more than a generation ago,  the Headlands was bristling with military batteries and nuclear-tipped Nike missiles.  As the Army began to leave, developers started to move...

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