Getting to Jack London Square

I've always been a big fan of Jack London's writing style ever since I read Call of the Wild as a younger kid. Because of this I've wanted to go to Jack London Square to see if I could get a better understanding of how he got his start and where he got his inspirations. I heard there was a history walk that highlighted some locations where he created some of his most famous stories. It began at a saloon and went through places like his small cabin that he lived in in the Yukon.

The trip to the Square was relatively painless. It started at around 3:00 when I picked up my girlfriend from Alamo. From there we got on highway I-680 heading North; followed by a simple merge onto 24. The drive only takes about a half an hour and the only part I got lost at was when you have to exit at Jackson St. After circling the area for a bit we finally stopped in what felt like a really run down part of Oakland.

We followed the directions from there on foot. What was odd was how empty the place felt. It was a Friday afternoon and apparently this was told to be a pretty happening place. But form what we could tell, we had walked into a modern day ghost town. I had expected to find some interesting things that i hadn't known about Jack London and possibly about the famous port, which was responsible at some point for the success of Oakland. Instead what we found was a large and empty disappointment.