Yosemite turned out to be way too difficult to get to without a lot more planning than I’d done, and a conversation with someone in the hostel kind of put me off the one-day bus tour option (roughly a third of the…

When I leave San Francisco, it’ll be by train, but the train doesn’t come into the city, and the cable cars don’t run out far enough, so Amtrak has some buses. Given the consequences of missing the bus, and my…

Alcatraz was all booked up, as is to be expected, so I did a boat tour which took you out under the Golden Gate bridge, did a lap around Alcatraz, and down to the rough area of the ferry terminal.…

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yeah, these aren’t getting any better, are they? So, the view from the hostel, or the hostel area, is still worth the walk. There’s a network of paths & steps to get down from the headland, plus some roads if…

The hostel I’m staying at is in Fort Mason, so it’s all historic. Also uphill. I remember the hill from cycling around SF in 2012; It’s the one where I had to stop because I couldn’t stay upright due to…

I’ll be on this train for … call it 19 hours. Also, it would appear that I’m heading for San Fran Fish, in West California. Makes sense; Western California would be damp. Could have gone with a sleeper, but it…

Part of the Plan For Portland was to figure out the approximate plan for the next bit. Well, that didn’t happen like I expected. Getting to Yosemite turned out to be possible without a car, but tricky, and Amtrak’s system…

Part of the big question of this trip was “Can I do an extended trip without having a plan in place?”. It turns out that the answer is a very qualified yes; I can do it, but I’m really bad at…

I’ll be honest, I’m not sure that this is a reliable source, but for what it’s worth, here it is. The hotel is nice, and seems to be what I needed after a sleep-light time in Seattle. There is art.…