Dairy
Mart Road, Part 2
Yes, the first viewing
point of photographic interest on your approach to the estuary
and park is the large San Diego County funded beige monument to
the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park. It may not be by accident
that the color of the monument matches the colors of the rich
and diverse waters flowing past.
The
"taxi" usually parked behind the monument is there for
your safety but it will only take you south and to a federal facility.
It
might be of special interest to note that the monument is not
one from the State of California. No, the State of California
keeps the Tijuana River Estuary and Border Field State Park a
secret. In fact, their local visitor’s center is not in
the park, is not at the park, and is not even near the park, but
instead is several miles north of the park and even three miles
farther away from the park than this huge and welcoming San Diego
County monument. The State of California’s local visitor
center is — quite curiously — off a residential street
and well up wind.
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The second viewing
point of interest on our way to the distant sea, is the grand
bridge which can be considered the formal gateway to the lands
of the estuary and park. At a cost of about 138 million dollars,
the Danny R. Marschall Bridge.
It's a mystery why
Mr. Marschall sued the City of San Diego and won, but he did and
the settlement he received probably did not go into the construction
of this bridge..
To the left are small
agricultural fields and a view of the distant Tijuana flood control
channel. To the right as we cross the bridge we can see vast mounds
of valuable recyclable resources just waiting for an entrepreneurial
free spirit.
Viewing the area from
the bridge one discovers that these recyclables reach even twenty
feet into the dusty sky. All are a product of the vibrant economy
of Tijuana, Mexico. Plastic bottles, cartons, even full sized
refrigerators all are gloriously stacked one upon the other in
myriad shapes and forms well worth recognition from the Tate
Art Gallery in London.
