Blast From the Past Week 6

February 2004. Golden Gate Forts/Marin Area. This hidden secret can be found right next to the Golden Gate Bridge area off the last southbound exit before crossing the bridge. If you like exploring, then this is a good place to start. With bunkers, trails, lighthouses, abandoned buildings, and beaches, you can spend half a day here. We took the last exit before the bridge, drove a few minutes, and pulled to the left where you see all the cars pulled over. You get probably the best view of the bridge in the whole Bay Area, especially when the fog is not present. I believe this was an old Nike missle sight back in the day. As we drove further down the coastal road, we found more bunkers and forts to explore. One of them is called Fort Barry. Here, you can go down a trail to get to the lighthouse at Point Bonita. If drive even further down the road, you can hit the nicely secluded Marin Headlands beach area. We spent our time trying to race each other on the beach as you can see.