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Grex Travel Item 41: A visit to SF and LA--- Help sought
Entered by omni on Mon Aug 14 06:18:45 UTC 1995:

    In about 6 months, I am planning on going to San Fransisco for a 
visit. I'm planning on taking the bus because the fare is reasonable, 
but it will take 2 days and 9 hours to get there, but this is on purpose
because I have not seen anything west of Danville IL.
    I am planning on spending about a week there, then returning to Ann Arbor
via Los Angeles, that is, taking the bus down the coast, spending a day or
two in LA then coming home on a slow boat (bus) back to Ann Arbor, which
I hope would go via Phoenix, Oklahoma City, and St. Louis.
    Can anyone give me any ideas of what I could do as far as visiting 
places? Thanks

5 responses total.

#1 of 5 by rcurl on Mon Aug 14 06:33:44 1995:

Wander around, and eat in, Chinatown (this and following for SF); 
get out to the beaches south of SF to stick your toe in the Pacific;
go to the top of Mt Tamalpais (across the Golden Gate, for the view),
and visit Muir Woods at the foot of Mt. T.; ride the cablecars and
then visit the car barn (where the machines are that pull the cables);
say hello to the city for me (I lived in the Bay Area for 6 years).

#2 of 5 by headdoc on Fri Aug 18 16:53:49 1995:

How wonderful for you, Jim, to get to go to San francisco.  It is my second
favorite city in the US.  Plan on doing a lot of walking.  It is a "walkable"
city.  Definitely a long stroll through China town (at lunch time) and try
Dim Sum (if you don't know what that is, e-mail me and Ill let you know.) 
Take the Geary Street Bus all the way out to the Ocean and walk along the
bitely plan on a day in Golden Gate park, they have a great botanmtical
Gardens (don't know if you will be there when anything is bloom though)  Go
to Coit Tower and see the view of the city.  Take a bus or a ferry across the
bay and go to Sausalito and walk along the pier.  See the view of SF from
there and if you have any strength, walk back across the Gorgeous Golden Gate
Bridge.  If you have some extra money, go to an "off-Broadway play".  Sit in
a coffee house near the window and watch the passing scene.  Steel yourself
re: the homeless.  They proliferate and some will tug at your heartstrings
(not to mention your wallet.)  More to come when I think of stuff.

#3 of 5 by omni on Sat Aug 19 04:31:00 1995:

  Thanks Audrey and Rane. I am leaning toward taking the train, since
the cost of what I want to do will be almost the same, and probably out 
of the question on the bus. I was thinking of going from Ann Arbor to
Chicago (you have to stop in Chicago) then on to SF for about a week, then
a few days in LA, then a nice long train ride to New York, then home. 
  Amtrak told me that I can do this for $275 and I have up to 45 days to
complete my travels; I am limited to 3 stops, though, and Chicago will
not count as a stop since I'll only be there for an hour.
  I want to spend most of the time in SF, since it is the prettiest of
the 3, and they have the best chocolate in the world!
  LA, well, I've seen it on TV, and it really doesn't appeal to me. I don"t
really want to see Hollywierd, or the rich folks houses. I'd like to go there
to see the old end of US 66, and to dip my toe in the Pacific, Hell, I
might even get wet all over ;).
  I'd like to also bring some water home from the Atlantic and the Pacific
just for the hell of it. 

  SF sounds a little like Ann Arbor, only bigger and with a bridge. Should
be a lot of fun.

#4 of 5 by srw on Sat Aug 19 15:31:19 1995:

Well it is much bigger, it does have a bridge, too, but the dissimilarity 
doesn't stop there. It has big hills, a beautiful bay, more bridges,
a completely different climate, and much much more. 

Ann Arbor is great, too, but I wouldn't describe SF as much like Ann Arbor.

#5 of 5 by rcurl on Sat Aug 19 17:30:33 1995:

Maybe, compare Berkeley and Ann Arbor.

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