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From San Francisco to Berkeley via Martinez

Today I’m on the move again from San Francisco to spend the night and see a relative who lives up in the Berkeley Hills far away from public transit. I have a nice chat at breakfast in the hostel that is definitely now my hostel of choice in San Francisco even though its a bit […]

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Finishing CA to an AGR Roomette

Finishing Caltrain and a BART Meltdown Making Me Miss Finishing ACE

The goal of my final weekday in the Bay Area was simple, finish ACE and Caltrain. I was dithering about whether Caltrain would be easier to get via bus (a SamTrans day pass for $6, plus probably a little extra for BART one way) or train ($10 for a 2 zone day pass). I ended […]

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A 19 Inning Baseball Game Delaying Plans to Finish ACE and Barely Getting any BART done

The day begins with my need to switch hostels. First through I go and have a relaxing breakfast in coffee shop with wifi trying to catch up on my blogging. Eventually I take the 30 up to my new hostel in the National Park service park at Fisherman’s Wharf. The second activity for the day […]

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Caltrain all the way south to Gilroy visiting 24 of its 32 Stations!

I knew that one day of my San Francisco trip needed to be dedicated to getting most of Caltrain done. I knew my first day would be the best day to do Caltrain as I would wake up early with the benefits of the 3 hour time change. I woke up a little after 6:00am […]

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The Bus to Fremont-Centerville to start ACE

Introduction to my time in the Bay Area:  My two main goals for this stay in the Bay Area are the two Regional Rail Systems (plus the Amtrak Capital Corridor) that I haven’t spent any time focusing on. The reason, mainly daylight timing. My last visit here was in winter The rail systems are Caltrain […]

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An operations upgrade to Business Class. I’d still take breakfast on Amtrak over United.

Greetings from the UnitedClub at SFO. Introduction to Flights between NYC and SFO: My website isn’t about aviation or flying but I do follow the Commercial Airline industry a bit and flying is something I find fascinating. When I realized that taking Amtrak round-trip wasn’t that feasible I started researching flight options between New York […]

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Starting my next Cross-County trip: Finishing California to an AGR Roomette home: A Local Fastrack-Effected trip to the Airport

Greetings from the UnitedClub at JFK Airport! I’m here awaiting for boarding of my flight to San Francisco (in the lounge courtesy of my AGR Select+ status). The trip I’m about to embark on is a three and a half week trip I’m entitling finishing California to an AGR Loop. The first nearly two weeks […]