Forest Park Inn Gilroy
375 Leavesley Road Gilroy, California, 95020, United States
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Yay! We were like birds in the forest!
... whole time! So we started out in the canopy 35 feet up, with a 40 foot or so long zipline. One guide would go first, then bring all of us in one by one, then the other guide would follow. The second platform was the highest- 150 feet up!, and it wasnt scary! You were so strapped in, and the guides made you feel so safe, that we all had a blast! The longest line was the 3rd I think, 440ft, and there was a river to ...
San FrannnnSiiiiisscooooo!
... The neatest ship docked was the Balclutha, she was a sailing cargo ship built in 1886 in Glascow, and would make one voyage per year from Europe to San Fransisco- the panama canal didn't exist then, and she had to go all the way around the tip of South America. I got some great pics, and in the foreground you can see a good view of Alcatraz Island. The waters around it really are rough, and with those winds we experienced, plus the current, ...
Leaving San Jose
The summer was monotonous and I had some vacation time to use. I asked my wife Kakoli, whether she would like to join me on my expedition to Toronto, but job was priority to her at that time of the year. Anyway, I decided to use public transportation to go the ...
Tonight I get to sleep in my own bed
... Union Pacific locomotives parked across the old highway but otherwise there was nothing going on in town.
From Mojave the highway goes over Tehachapi Pass near the famous Tehachapi Loop where the railroad loops over itself to gain altitude. We were impressed by the giant wind farms in the pass and, this being May 1, just how green everything was.
A quick stop for gasoline and ...
WHY AND HOW, and misc advice for other travelers
... to actually do this global mission, ideally it would be before we started having children...not that we couldn't do this adventure with kids (as we know many people who have), but it would just be different. So the opportunity was presenting itself, and we decided the timing was right.
And to answer a common question we have been asked- No, we are not rich (by American standards anyway), or born with silver spoons in our mouths. We have ...



