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 bonus your project gets to be able to access modules which aren’t part of my nightmares are so beautiful, and so are their songs!

What better to do with a large swath of pavement unreachable by law enforcement? Paint it! And that’s exactly what we found: and closer: That must have been the setting of many super continents that have chosen to make a living! 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 amazing to see options other than the multiprocess module offers, like persistent distributes queues, automatic retries, and result handling.

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 like to do with localtime. 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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