If you have some time tomorrow afternoon, this should be fun (if a little pricey)
http://bayarea.yurisnight.net/2008/ NASA/Ames Research Lab is just a couple of miles from Santa Clara. There's a lot to see right around here. With a half-day, you could go to Santa Cruz via Hwy 17 early for breakfast, drive north up Highway 1 to sight see on the coastline, head back over the hills via Hwy 92 at Half Moon Bay, take a drive into Palo Alto to visit Stanford University campus and University Avenue/downtown, then head down to NASA/Ames for an hour or two before getting back to your hotel to pack and head to the airport. That's about as much or more than you have time for. (Trying to tackle 17 Mile Drive or San Francisco is going to take more than you have time for, even just to get there and back and have *any* time to see anything.) Godfrey On Apr 11, 2008, at 9:43 PM, John Francis wrote: > On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 12:21:12AM -0400, Gaurav Aggarwal wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am in Bay Area, California for the first time. Was visiting a >> customer today (Friday) and flying out Saturday evening. Does anyone >> have suggestions on what I can do on Saturday morning? I have my >> trust >> Pentax ZX-M and 35-105 with me. >> >> This is my first trip out west. I have heard a lot about the Pacific >> Coast Highway and the 17-mile drive. Any other suggestions or tips >> about the PCH etc? I am staying in Santa Clara. >> >> Thanks a lot!! >> Gaurav > > You're leaving it a bit late to ask ... > > Pacific Coast Highway is wonderful, but I much prefer it in the > evening. > Watching the sun set over the Pacific is a wonderful end to the day. > And, in any case, the best parts of the PCH are Big Sur and > southwards. > > As you're asking about 17-mile drive, I assume you have a car for > the day. > That's certainly a very nice way to spend some time, but Carmel is an > hour (or more) away from Santa Clara. I'm not sure I'd recommend it > as the best way to spend your only free half-day in the Bay area. > > Apart from the obvious suggestions (San Francisco, for one, or > Santa Cruz) > there are all sorts of interesting places a lot more local to Santa > Clara; > downtown San Jose, Mountain View, Shoreline Park, Vasona Park, > etc., etc. > There are also wineries - not just north of the Golden Gate in > Sonoma or > Napa - there are also wineries around Saratoga (which also is home > to Villa > Montalvo - another photogenic site), and Hecker Pass (near > Watsonville). > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
