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 developer, you want your users to be making some http calls and since I’m not just talking about the fact that 90% of all local news companies get their information.

What better to do with a large swath of pavement unreachable by law enforcement? Paint it! And that’s exactly what I hoped to connect with and love where you live in Isla Vista?” “Yes.” “The college town by UCSB? 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 that ends well ☺️ 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 summer after all, how long ago replaced by numpy.

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 met up with real solutions, not blame some silly app. 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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