With a car, pretend to be Adams and hit Yosemite -- if you do not have
a car, rent one....it's worth it. Santa Cruz is also a good option.
Otherwise, San Jose itself isn't that spectacular, imnsho.
--thomas
On 21 Dec 2004, at 18:29, Jeff Keller wrote:
>
> In California without a car .... !!!
>
> The light rail will take you around San Jose fairly effectively. You
> would
> still end up doing a fair amount of walking. There are a lot of things
> to
> see. The photo opportunities are different.
>
> In San Jose there is the Tech Museum, the Rosicrucian museum, and a few
> others ...
> http://www.egyptianmuseum.org/
> http://www.thetech.org/
>
> Parts of San Jose have nice old houses ... an area called the rose
> garden,
> but most of California is not very old compared to other places.
>
> Cal Train can get you up to S.F. with stops all along the way. Weather
> can
> be hit and miss. Winter can be very clear or can fog up. My Tope 20
> picture
> was taken on a very sunny day with areas of thick fog. If you can find
> the
> right place at the right time, the scene can be gorgeous.
>
> The Stanford University (Palo Alto) has some nice small museums and
> sculpture exhibits. The campus is also attractive.
>
> With a car you can drive over the Santa Cruz mountains to the coast.
> The
> monarch butterflies are congregated for the winter at several places.
> The
> coast scenery can be very nice this time of year depending upon the
> weather
> which varies both daily and hourly.
>
> The Redwoods in Big Basin Park can be pretty nice. They aren't as
> large as
> the state/national parks further north but there are some nice fairly
> large
> trees.
>
> Fairly distant inland (3 hour drive each way) the wildlife areas are
> filled
> with tens of thousands of geese. They tend to confgregate in the
> preserve
> until dusk, then take off in massive lift-offs to go looking for food.
> Seeing two or three thousand geese lift off in 30 seconds is awe
> inspiring.
> Grey Lodge (I was here about two weeks ago)
> Sacramento Wildlife Preserve
> http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/wa/region2/r2list.html
> Merced Wildlife Preserve
> Los Banos Wildlife Preserve
> http://pacific.fws.gov/refuges/
>
> This time of year most of the deciduous trees have dropped their
> leaves but
> the wild grass is green. Scenery of Live Oaks on green hills can be
> nice.
> Many of the local parks in the Santa Cruz mountains (the mountains
> aren't
> that big unless you're riding a bike) can be very nice for typical
> California winter scenery.
>
> If I had to pick something to see in a short time that was "unique" it
> would
> probably be the waterfowl that winter in California's central valley.
>
> -jeff
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Siddiq" <iddibhai@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] sights around san jose?
>
>
>>
>> i'll be san jose for a wedding thurs. evening thru sat. (xmas) noon.
>> anything particularly interesting that i would want to see? won't
>> have a
>> car, don't think (going w/ family), so immediate vicinity historic
>> places
>> or other classy old structures are my cup of tea. ideally, i'd drive
>> up in
>> a second car, and go up bezerkeley and 'frisco :(
>>
>> --
>> /S
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