Micbloo wrote:

I wonder if that was Friday. I was enjoying a more sedate mode of transport
that
day, taking a cruise on the Liberty Ship S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien from Pier 45
up the
bay

Actually it was Thursday but I do remember seeing the cruise ship out in the
Bay as we headed back to SF. I wondered
where it was going.

H'mm, there was a real 'cruise ship' heading out of the bay while we were passing
Alcatraz, but that was a modern slab-sided thing that looked like an apartment
building that floats. The O'Brien, OTOH, is one of only two WW2-built Liberty
ships left (it turned 60 this year), and AFAIK the only one that still is mobile,
and looks like your typical navy-gray cargo steamer from that era (plus the
guns).

Since you've tried Highway 1, next time....
Yes. If we had a few more days. I was reading about Yosemite, etc.

Just so you know for next time, typically 3.5-4 hours or so from the Bay Area to
Yosemite Valley, depending on traffic, if you go in via Hwy. 120. The tourists
(read lots of motor homes) typically take Hwy. 140. Getting to Tuolomne
Meadows/Tioga Pass is another .5-1.0 hour. Personally, I won't go into the
Valley from Memorial Day through Labor Day owing to the crowds, smog and traffic,
but hang out in the high country. Still, if you're pushed for time and just have
to do the '5 sites in 3 days' bit . . . But IMO the best time to see the valley
is Spring (the waterfalls are at their peak, and the flowers are out) or fall
(nice color, albeit nothing near New England), and winter's nice too.

P. P.S. BTW, given your interests were you able to get to the Hiller
museum?
No. I wasnt aware it was nearby.

Right down the peninsula from San Francisco, at the San Carlos Airport. FYI:

http://www.hiller.org/

Guy