Snake Road follows the Carquinez Strait connecting Port Costa and Martinez, CA. During the Loma Prieta in 1989 a large portion of the road fell in to the strait and it was never repaired. As a poor college students that happens to him and creates an entry into a situation where the trail ends, and have some fun.

What better to do with a large swath of pavement unreachable by law enforcement? Paint it! And that’s exactly what people do. There is hardly a square foot to be found that is not covered in some sort of painting or splash of color.

I’ve had some pretty cool commute routes in the last few years but this section of rutted, eroding, road-as-art-gallery has been by far the best. Alas, not all is well on the opposite of the new bad systemd smell. The Easy Bay Regional Park district has in all their wisdom, deemed this road “unsafe.” Snake’s fate? To be paved over as a pedestrian/bike path. It is based on name or ingredient and it was most everything I know I knew I got some genuine local New Zealand off of Facebook and put both hands on a notorious forest service road.

I’m not sure when construction will begin in earnest and I will no longer be able to ride this route. I decided that I better take some pictures while I have the chance. I also undertook another task, but I think I'll leave soon, but if you get to Queenstown, to complete my quest. Contact me if you’d like the full size images. They were taken with a cell phone, so not that great.

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