Article 41153 of ba.general: Path: matra.meer.net!tera.mcom.com!news.Stanford.EDU!ames!sgiblab!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!pacbell.com!amdahl.com!netcomsv!uucp3.netcom.com!outpost.peircesw.com!mpeirce From: mpeirce@outpost.peircesw.com (Michael Peirce) Newsgroups: ca.general,ba.general Subject: Re: What's there to do in San Jose? Date: Thu, 31 Aug 95 11:32:20 PT Organization: Peirce Software, Inc. Message-ID: Reply-To: mpeirce@outpost.peircesw.com (Michael Peirce) X-Mailer: UUCP/Connect - Macintosh Release: 1.6v4 Lines: 43 Xref: matra.meer.net ca.general:18773 ba.general:41153 Definitly check out the TECH museum of Innovation and if you gave kids (or are a kid at heart) go across the street to the Children's Discovery Museum. Lick Observatory is a must see - if only to see the commanding view of the valley from high atop Mount Hamilton. The drive up Mt. Hamilton road is fun and if you REALLY like to drive in the country, drive down the *other* side of Mt. Hamilton. You'll see a very different side of Santa Clara County. There are a number of very nice Japanese Gardens here. Kelly park has a nice one and my favorite is in Saratoga. If you like gardens visit the municipal Rose Garden on Naglee Ave. San Jose is also *starting* another municipal garden between the airport and downtown. It's mostly empty space still, but I under stand they planned a big rose garden their this past year too. Also with a nice garden is Villa Montalvo in Saratoga. It's an old estate with beautiful grounds and some good hiking trails going up through redwoods. There are lots of parks about. I very much enjoy walks at Racho San Antonio in Cupertino. They have a little farm for kids to see real live goats, chickens and pigs. They also have great trails (I've seen lots of deer and even a coyote and a Lynx on various trips there). Shoreline park in Mt. View along the bay is nice too. They have a nice lake for boating and great trails out into the wetlands along the bay. And keep watch for some of the many summertime festivals. There are lots around San Jose and surrounding communities. -- Michael Peirce mpeirce@peircesw.com Peirce Software Inc. 719 Hibiscus Place, San Jose California 95117 USA voice: +1 408 244 6554, fax: +1 408 244 6882 Makers of Peirce Print Tools, Smoothie, AppSizer, DeskPicture, & ShareDraw Article 41077 of ba.general: Path: matra.meer.net!flop.mcom.com!news.Stanford.EDU!ames!sgiblab!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!newsfeed.internetmci.com!inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com!nntp-hub.barrnet.net!hopper.isi.com!not-for-mail From: jstoner@isi.com (J.R. Stoner) Newsgroups: ca.general,ba.general Subject: Re: What's there to do in San Jose? Date: 29 Aug 1995 12:08:38 -0700 Organization: Heironamous Botch's Murk Works Lines: 25 Message-ID: <41vojm$aaf@slewfoot.isi.com> References: <41tvl9$iab@crl8.crl.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: slewfoot.isi.com Xref: matra.meer.net ca.general:18733 ba.general:41077 In article <41tvl9$iab@crl8.crl.com>, David A. Kaye wrote: ;DaveHatunen wrote: ;: The best thing to do in San Jose is catch a CalTrain to San Francisco. People who say things such as this are usually preoccupied with the fact that fun parts of San Jose are full of those ikky brown-skinned people. >:( ;The 2nd-best thing then is to visit the Rosicrucian Museum (said to be ;the largest Egyptian museum outside Egypt), the Winchester Mystery House ;(built by the widow of the Winchester rifle inventor), the giant San Jose ;Flea Market (so huge you can't see it in one day), Mission Santa Clara on ;the grounds of Santa Clara University. Also in San Jose proper, would be the San Jose Historical Museum, located in the southern end of Kelly Park. Artful and neat restorations of historic buildings there, as well as the site of the historical trolley barn (my main interest, since the merger with SCVRRA). Kelly Park also includes a japanese garden, and a pretty good zoo. A little farther afield, would be a visit for a tour of the Lick Observatory, at the top of Mt. Hamilton. The main telescope is pretty huge, but I doubt they let just anybody wander in and fondle it. :) -- J.R. Stoner, Ferroequinologist - jstoner@isi.com - asgard@netcom.com