The day after visiting the Lake Chabot missile site, I took the kids to the Vollmer Peak site.
Vollmer Peak, at 1,905 feet, is the highest peak in the East Bay Hills. It is named after the first police chief of Berkeley, California, who is recognized as the Father of Modern American Policing. As you can imagine, the City of Berkeley is considering changing the name.
The peak is in Tilden Park, about a mile away from the steam trains. So I took the kids for a ride first.
We got to ride in the caboose.
Almost there! The last part of the paved trail was steep.
No signs of any missiles. Just this giant array of antennas.
The view should be fantastic, except for all the wildfire smoke. You can barely make out San Francisco.
This is the view looking the opposite direction. Mt. Diablo is in the background and the Orinda Country Club is in the fore/mid-ground.
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