Even when I travel all over the Western United States it is
easy to forget that I can find myself in a national park by taking a walk for
all of 45 minutes. Living closer to
Golden Gate Park, I often “forget” about the Presidio — our national park
right in San Francisco.
I have been meaning to check out Andy
Goldworthy’s Spire for, I
realized, nearly 10 years. It is one of
four installations he has created for the Presidio (details here).
We started at Wood Line and then
hiked up to Spire. By the time we got down the hill, the building
that house Tree Fall was closed, but
we saw the latest installation Earth Wall
in the courtyard of the Presidio Officers’ Club. I had, mistakenly, assumed the Presidio
Officers’ Club was essentially used as event space. Yes, it is an event space, but it also home
to a fantastic and free history museum. What a discovery! Before taking MUNI back home we had a peak at
the brand new and fabulous Visitor
Center. I do love big government when we spend money on our national parks.
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