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exploring Invisible in Plain Sight Angel Island Neil Wiley Most people never notice, but a ferry ride, from the suburban seaside village of Tiburon or the great city of San Francisco, will take you to a green mountainous island rising up out of San Francisco Bay. It is a short ride to a place of scenic beauty and a troubled history. From this island you can see 360 degrees toward the green hills and shoreline of Marin County, across to the San Francisco skyline, and the East Bay. You can see Mount Tam and Mount Diablo, five bridges, giant freighters, sailboats and yachts, lots of blue water, and sky. The 740- acre island has its own mountain, forests of eucalyptus, cypress, and pine, with historical buildings from the civil war, the early 1900s, and World War I and II. It is home to some page 20 unique animals and plants, fearless deer with no predators, curious seals and seal lions, and the occasional whale. Thirteen miles of roads and trails are available. The five miles of the paved Perimeter Road offer an easy walk or ride around the island. Bikes and Segways are available for rent, or you can take a scheduled tram tour. Mountain Network News If you want a bit more challenge, the North Ridge and Sunset trails form a loop that takes you to the summit of the 781- foot high Mount Livermore and back down to the Visitor Center at Ayala Cove. To do it the hard way, you can take the North Ridge Trail from the trail head, just left (north) of the bathrooms up a series of stairs, one-tenth of a mile to the Perimeter Road, and then past the road to continue on Northridge to Mount Livermore. This rewards you with a more natural path, mostly single track, and avoids the crowd. An easier way is to take a tram around the island to the entrance of the North Ridge Trail. (Be sure to keep your ticket, and you can catch the tram back down to the visitor center.) If you prefer switchbacks rather than stairs, take the Sunset Trail up to the top. You can catch this trail from the Perimeter Road south of Camp Reynolds. If you do walk the higher trails, be sure to take a map and a watch. You don’t want to miss the last ferry at 3:30 p.m. (most weekdays.) Want to stay longer? Eleven campsites are situated in various locations around the island. Each serves up to eight people with water, toilets, food locker, and barbecue. You can reserve a campsite at www. reserveamerica.com. The other side of the island If you or your family like history, you’ll appreciate the other side of Angel Island. Visit Camp Reynolds, developed in the late 1800s. See the Civil War-era bake house, a Victorian officer’s home, and a large cannon. Learn more about the military history of the island at Fort McDowell, site of the chapel and the guardhouse, that was transformed from a World War I and II army base to a visitor center. Discover two military batteries on the southern coast, and a Nike missile site on the island’s southeast corner. october 2015
Last, but far from least, visit the United States Immigration Station, now a national historical monument. Our world is overwhelmed by irrational hatred, war, and inhuman living conditions that have led to a flood of immigrants and refugees escaping from war and starvation. At Angel Island, you can see the personal side of quarantines, detentions, interrogations, imprisonment, invasion of privacy, and loss of dignity. While first-class ship passengers had a cursory inspection aboard ship, most of the 175,000 Chinese at Angel Island were detained for weeks, months, and sometimes years. While Ellis Island detained only 20 percent of their immigrants, 60 percent, three times as many, were detained at Angel Island. It’s not surprising that the walls of the barracks were covered by poignant poems. Some still can be seen on the walls. You can read the poems in the book Island, Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940, authored by Him Mark Lai, Genny Lim, and Judy Yung. Copies are available at the Immigration Station museum, online, and local bookstores. Getting there To reach the Tiburon ferry, drive Highway 280 north to 19th Avenue, go over the Golden Gate Bridge, and turn right at the Tiburon exit. Follow Tiburon Boulevard four miles into downtown. Paid parking lots are on both sides of the Tiburon Boulevard near Beach Street. Prices range from $4 to $16 a day (subject to change). Prices increase as you near the ferry. Ferry/park entrance fee is $15 ($14 for seniors). A tram tour is $15.50 ($14 for seniors). The Immigration Station museum tour is $5. Bring cash. Some concessions don’t accept credit cards. Neil Wiley’s images from Angel Island october 2015 Celebrating life in the Santa Cruz Mountains page 21
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