What to do in San Ramon/ San Fran/ San Bruno?

[AndrewM]

A friend and I will be in the San Francisco area from January 21 thru the 26th. Any samba members know of any cool things to do in the area or anything within a days drive? Vw related would be great but not necessary.

[Cali_Army_Guy]

Just use google. It’s San Francisco. There’s about 5,826,497 things to do on any given day.

Go see Fort Point near the Golden Gate Bridge.

Go check out Treasure Island. It has cool views of the city.

Drive through downtown behind a yuppy

Take a tour of Alcatraz.
Check out one of the the many amazing restaurants.
Drive down Lombard St.
Check out the Walt Disney family museum.

Rent a vert and check out the city
http://thebugsterexperience.com/Home.html

There’s literally a million things to do.
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[Cali_Army_Guy]

Edit: Just noticed the “within a days drive” part.

TONS of wine tasting around there if you’re in to that.
Yosemite National Park is a 6 hour drive from SF.
Santa Cruz is 90 mins from SF
Monterey is a 2 hour drive away.
I think MG1 Motorsports is doing a Ferrari track day on the 21st and 22nd at Laguna Seca which near Monterey.
You can drive your personal car on Sonoma Raceway (Sears Point) for charity and get pictures of your car on the track. (1 hour drive from SF)
http://www.speedwaycharities.org/events/sonoma/5th-annual-laps-for-charity/

The things to do are endless.
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[AndrewM]

I hopped an Amtrak way back in 2000 and rode from Greensboro NC to San Fran. It was a blast. I actually ended up being in the background of Dave Attell's insomniac, if you remember that show. I've done some of the typical San Fran stuff and I know my friend will also want to do those thing, I'm looking for some memorable things to do south of the area. I know we are going to the Santa Cruz boardwalk for her nephew's birthday. I've heard Muir Woods is good and another friend recommended Monterrey. I will be renting a car and we will be in the area roughly 5 days. Thanks again for the recommendations

[Mike Fisher]

Cruise over to Yosemite & spend the night at the motels just outside the park entrance. Stay or at least have dinner at the Ahwahnee Lodge. That valley is one of a kind!
Drive over to Angels Camp/Sonora is pretty scenic/historic/museums/antiques etc.
Check out All the split window buses at Robert Skinner's Autobody in Vacaville.
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[swharris]

Well since it's legal now, I think all people do there is smoke pot. Enjoy

[mark tucker]

I like to eat everywhere I go....search out some good eating places. not high priced look at me eat shit places, but good food places.

[74 Thing]

http://blackhawkmuseum.org/

Usually a killer collection of vehicles at the museum.

Napa, Santa Cruz, Half Moon Bay, Muir Woods for the Redwoods, SF, San Jose-Silicone Valley, Warriors if you want to watch hoops and Cal and Stanford and St Mary's and USF are there for college hoops, Sacramento is like 1 1/2 hour drive, and it is about 3 hours to Tahoe, then there is Big Sur etc up north.

[crofty]

The Blackhawk museum is great, that's a good suggestion.

Yosemite is about 4 hours from San Francisco (under 200 miles) and VERY much worth it.

Livermore has 50+ wineries if you want a closer drive to taste some good wine.

Pescadero is a cute town on the coast and if you take the drive through Woodside or Skyline the drive is breathtaking. Soup at Duartes in Pescadero is a must and the beach is less then a 10 minute drive from there too.

Faction Brewing in Alameda is a great place with an amazing view of SF and the bay from their tasting room.

Downtown Walnut Creek has a some good places to eat- I love Brodericks for burgers.
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