Autoterrorist

Out in the Marin Headlands are quite a few relics from WWII, bunkers and batteries, left over from the anticipation of a Japanese attack on the West Coast.

These austere structures now attract graffiti from SF writers—not quite Country Graffiti, but more graffiti from kids who don’t usually write it.

The bunkers are extensive in some spots, and really dark.

Ain’t that the truth.

Up the hill from the bunkers (sorry I’m going backwards..) are these dilapidated stations of some sort, with the stairs long crumbled and gone. It’s fun scrambling around, but I almost missed this sweet little sea scape painted over the buff. By the way, it seems like they only bother to buff the outside of these concrete spots.

Nice view too…

All in all, a pretty awesome place to get stationed for WWII! If you do check out these spots, ride your bike. It’s a great ride and not too hard, plus you get to bomb the heart-dropping one-way downhill down to the lighthouse.

No before photo, but we turned these lights around so instead of shining on the sign, the light gets lost in the bushes.

March 2, 2008.