Somebody cut the grass, and now I can see a small field of cairns — the piles of small rocks trekkers use to mark trails in the wilderness. There are about twenty of these stone cairns arranged along one side of the path where the Marin Taliban Hunters fly their radio controlled model airplanes. Enough cairns to mark several miles of trail. You can see from the attached photos that they are carefully and artfully made from field rocks, chunks of broken concrete, and even a few gobs of highway blacktop. As at Easter Island, one must wonder who put these thing here, why? And because we don’t know, we can each make up our own story. Quite OK.
Lolia S.
Place rating: 2 Los Angeles, CA
This 31-acre marsh area, part of a protected area(bird sanctuary), isn’t all that interesting but it’s free, parking is easy, and you’ll see birds(notably white pelicans) and the Bay. Parkin the huge gravel lot across from Nordstrom’s. Go towards the right(towards the 101 and the frontage road north of the mall) and you’ll find yourself walking along a large loop around the marsh area. It starts out as asphalt(and is completely flat and good for rollerblading though you must be careful not to skate into traffic or into the marsh) but then turns into a dirt path. The loops seems very popular for people walking their dogs. If you go towards the left, to the public shore area, you’ll find two dirt paths that dead end(took 10 minutes to jog to the end of one from the parking lot). You’ll find tall grasses here, pools of water, backyards and flat dirt paths. The scent of anise permeates the air. You’ll probably see plenty of cyclists(especially on weekends) riding to Tiburon on the asphalt path:
