Religious iconography omitted, you know, so nobody’s cover gets blown:
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Posts Tagged ‘point bonita’
Know Your Area Lighthouses – Point Bonita in Marin, Complete With Dedicated Tunnel and Brokedown Bridge
Friday, November 26th, 2010Remember back in the day, back when you could visit the Pt. Bonita Lighthouse? Well, bide your time, cause you’ll be able to go there once again come 2012 after the mini suspension bridge gets fixed.
Actually, the commitment to being back in bidness is sort of a half-assed promise and it’s coming from the Feds, so give them half a decade or so.
Click to expand, it’ll get big. Five people max on the bridge. And that’s the town of Muir Beach in the background:
Take note:
“NOTE: The tunnel to the suspension bridge/lighthouse is open Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays from 12:30 – 3:30 pm. However the lighthouse is not accessible due to the suspension bridge closure. Currently the bridge is due to be replaced and open to the public in the Spring of 2012.”
Hey Feds, why not put in a mini Golden Gate Bridge if we have to wait for so long? Thusly:
Oh well. At least they’ll let you walk through the tunnel, occasionally.
Cyclists Have No Worry About Cars on Marin County’s Conzelman Road
Friday, October 16th, 2009Pretty much. There are more bikes than cars on this stretch of one-way road to the Point Bonita Light House and beyond in the Marin Headlands.
The catch is that you have to ride your bike all the way up the two-way part from where the road starts near the North Tower of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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But otherwise, it’s a nice ride…
The Angry Pacific Ocean Vs. the Point Bonita Lighthouse
Thursday, October 1st, 2009All you need to know about the Yelp-rated lighthouse at Point Bonita is right here.
Did the lighthouse keeper’s wife really tie up the kids on a leash when they played outside to keep them from falling into the ocean? That’s the story, anyway.
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Looks like that house might get sprayed with salt water sometimes.
See you there!
The Awesome Inverted Pyramid of the de Young Museum’s Hamon Tower
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008This is the view you can get in San Francisco when you look over Golden Gate Park to see the Point Bonita Lighthouse in Marin County.
How does the de Young Museum‘s inverted pyramid stand up?
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