{"id":4081,"date":"2013-11-10T17:16:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T01:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/?p=4081"},"modified":"2013-11-10T17:16:45","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T01:16:45","slug":"exploring-crockett-carquinez-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2013\/11\/exploring-crockett-carquinez-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Crockett and the Carquinez Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>inspired by an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Art-of-Urban-Exploration\/events\/110218372\/\">event in a meetup group<\/a> i&#8217;m a member of (but haven&#8217;t participated in due to scheduling conflicts), i took a quick trip up to Crockett [<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=crockett,+ca&amp;hnear=Crockett,+Contra+Costa+County,+California&amp;t=h&amp;z=13\">map<\/a>], a small, sleepy town i only knew literally in passing (i.e., on the drive to my parents&#8217; house).<\/p>\n<p>i was reading up on Crockett last night before bed and learned <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Crockett,_California\">from Wikipedia<\/a> it not only is the home of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chsugar.com\/\">C&amp;H Sugar<\/a> factory you see from the freeway, but was set up as a company town for the plant.<\/p>\n<p>(speaking of, am i the only one who remembers the jingle from the &#8217;80s?)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GSLsv_Nh2qM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>anyways, back to Crockett (as always, more pictures <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/sets\/72157637534734793\">on Flickr<\/a>):<\/p>\n<h3>the c&amp;h refinery<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/California_and_Hawaiian_Sugar_Company\">according to Wikipedia<\/a>, the refinery here processes all of the output from the company&#8217;s Hawaiian factories. if you stand in the right place, you can totally smell the sugar &#8212; sort of like what it smells like when it&#8217;s heated and melts. unfortunately it&#8217;s not open to the public but there are some decent vantage points along the railroad tracks.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PB105568.jpg by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/10788401055\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PB105568.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7377\/10788401055_c4941650c5_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PB105574.jpg by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/10788660293\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PB105574.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7456\/10788660293_58b4fcc571_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PB105576.jpg by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/10788409665\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PB105576.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3719\/10788409665_c7701d82d4_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Untitled by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/10789435423\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Untitled\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7292\/10789435423_8d025b563e_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>the town and overpasses<\/h3>\n<p>the town itself is perched up above the western end of the Carquinez Strait at San Pablo Bay. while its heyday has long since passed, it&#8217;s full of older buildings that, from what i can tell, are slowly being occupied by more and more younger artsy people. also, thanks to the Carquinez Bridge, there&#8217;s a great set of overpasses that form some amazing curves in the sky.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PB105584.jpg by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/10788444196\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PB105584.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5489\/10788444196_95c8e4ed85_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PB105583.jpg by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/10788441116\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"PB105583.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5479\/10788441116_60bb0a2838_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PB105588.jpg by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/10788677303\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"PB105588.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7336\/10788677303_03d76ce39a_z.jpg\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PB105628.jpg by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/10788485526\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"PB105628.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7386\/10788485526_35791d1d87_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"PB105626.jpg by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/10788482286\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"PB105626.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7299\/10788482286_195083f313_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>eckley pier<\/h3>\n<p>before the Carquinez Bridge was constructed, the town of Eckley was a thriving ferry landing. currently there is a fishing pier past the railroad tracks (part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebparks.org\/parks\/carquinez\">a larger regional park<\/a> with trails) with a great view of the Carquinez Strait.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Untitled by jon|k, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jonk\/10789299374\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Untitled\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3683\/10789299374_ed0a70b805_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" 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