I've Done More Shooting Here Than The U.S. Army.

During WWII there was an extensive network of coastal defenses around San Francisco. Despite some archival newspaper reports, San Francisco was never attacked. But there were hundreds of sea mines, an anti-submarine net stretched across the mouth of the bay, and a contingent of guns that could launch an artillery shell the size of a small car approximately 25 miles out to sea. The guns are gone, except for one on display at Baker Beach. But the iron-reinforced concrete structures are still there. I passed several yesterday while walking from my apartment to the Golden Gate Bridge.

This is Baker beach. The concrete pads, center middle, supported long-range cannon.

You can almost hear the ghost of soldiers scrambling up the steps to the gun as they drill.

A lot of colorful graffiti on the concrete walls of the coastal defenses today.

I think this brick built subterranean room is Ft. Point-era, which would be 1860's.

This is the Round House Cafe, closed due to COVID-19. They could've sold a lot of their signature hot clam chowder in sourdough bowl today because it was cold and gusty.

That's one of the Red & White fleet passing under the GGB during its 1-hour bay cruise.

You can hear and feel the stampeding cars crossing the bridge from this vantage point.

Outbound container ship passing the mile marker, viewed from Baker Beach.