When the big guy has a gun
Early this morning I took off for the Point Loma peninsula:
Green on a map often indicates a national park, national forest, national grasslands, or national monument. If you look at the very end of Point Loma on the map above, you will see a national monument. Cabrillo National Monument is small, though, certainly not taking up all that green area. Instead, most of the green area is the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems base (Fort Rosecrans), the Point Loma Naval Base (where you can see real submarines!), and the Military Sealift Command. The main road leading through the green, Cabrillo Memorial Drive, is closed to the public from 5:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. In other words, it’s not a public road, notwithstanding everything the public might think.
My intent was to take pictures of interesting stuff from what I thought was a public road. As I was getting into my car after my last stop (in other words, I got all the pictures I wanted to), the military police stopped to have a little talk with me. He said that pictures were not allowed even though “we all know that people take pictures along here with their cameras and phones.” That was the essence of it. However, since he was big and had a gun…..
Following are some of the pictures I took. Gaze now because if the Attorney General or the Pentagon ask me to take this post down, I will………lol
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Posted on September 6, 2012, in Out & About, Photos and tagged fort rosecrans pictures, san diego military pictures. Bookmark the permalink. 18 Comments.
Yikes, glad he only warned you away and didn’t take your camera
. What is the spidery thing?
I’m not completely sure but usually spider things like that are lifts. That one is big enough that it can probably lift a couple of tanks. Point Loma was a heavy artillery location back in World War II when everyone thought that San Diego would be next after Pearl Harbor.
I was thinking of going there soon to snap some pictures… my first time there was just before 5pm so I decided to leave in order for no one to bother me. So even if I go early I might get hassled??? This sucks!!!!
Yep. I think there are three kinds of traffic on that road: Military, Visitors to Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, and visitors to Cabrillo National Monument. I suspect that Military is the overwhelming majority of the traffic, and the military do look after themselves. I suspect if you set up a tripod you’d reall have visitors stopping to talk with you. I still do everything handheld though.
Speaking of places, are you still up for a road trip? The Tehachapi railroad loop near Bakersfield is out this year, but much closer to home is some cool stuff near Borrego Springs at Galleta Meadows: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/19170
OMG, I can’t believe you said Bakersfield. That’s where I grew up. I got out of there as soon as it was humanly possible, for obvious reasons. In fact, I heard recently that Bakersfield had been voted Second Most Toxic City in America. At the time I thought that the only thing more pathetic than that dubious honor was that they LOST.
Oh, and I used to go and visit my mom in SD sometimes, and they would always drive me out to Point Loma, and all I recall about it was that there was a view of the ocean, and the wind was always blowing wildly, and I would have to hang on to the door handle not to go over the cliff. And then the next time I’d visit, they would always ask “Have we taken you to Point Loma yet?” In retrospect, maybe they were trying to get rid of me!!
Reminds me of when Hurricane Beulah came through Kingsville, Texas, in 1967. Whenever my wise old grandmother got upset at me she’d simply say, “Why don’t you go play outside.” Being locked up inside all day with the hurrican blowing outside, I got on her nerves, at which point she simply said, “Why don’ you go play outside.”
Yup, that’s our city! Always have a witness with you or else…
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I had a Top Secret security clearance in the Navy…looks to me like the Pentagon is going to be all over this. lol
(Had a similar run in with a large MP with an equally large gun. He took the film.)
I’m prepared………..lol
OOOOH! Russ, will we have to camp out with you in some secret hideout now in case the Secret Service is after you ?
Federal prison here is located at 808 Union Street. I hear they don’t allow hot dogs and s’mores…………:(
We spent a good deal of time in that area this past winter. I’m glad we never saw any law enforcement. Glad no one took your camera. You got some great pics.
cool.
Love the photos … do you jump every time some one knocks on the door.???
Nope. I just hide in the closet.
The MP probably thought you looked like one of the ‘good guys’