Photos of an Amtrak Train Trip from Martinez to Berkeley to Oakland to San Jose, CA. Along the shoreline of the San Francisco Bay. It was a Wonderful Ride All the Way from Eureka by Bus to Martinez and then Train to San Jose.

But First... American History Mural in Berkeley, CA
Painted on the Side of AMOEBA MUSIC, Telegraph Ave.
NOW, ON TO THE TRAIN RIDE!

All aboard AMTRAK. You get to see locations that are not visible by CAR as there are no roads there... 
Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Conductor at Martinez Station
Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Train heading to Sacramento
Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Train heading to San Jose
Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan

Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Carquinez Bridge, Vallejo
Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Boat at Oil Refinery
Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
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Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Oakland Stadium: Home of the Raiders and the A's
Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Fans leaving the game
Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Freeway Construction
Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
A Pond in Oakland.
The opposite of the urban blight Oakland is famous for.
Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
San Francisco in the distance...
Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Cranes at the Port of Oakland.
They look like they're from Star Wars
Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Miles of graffiti along the train tracks in Oakland... Solid Paintings...
Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
...Someone... thinks this is a good idea...
Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
San Jose Arena
And then when I actually arrived, I visited my dad in Los Gatos, California... There are recreations of the Famous Cats
That Live on Highway 17 as you travel towards Santa Cruz... 
Now someone made exact copies and planted them in a Shopping Center on North Santa Cruz Avenue at Highway #9.
CAT Sculptures in Los Gatos - Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
The Cats Sculptures in Los Gatos, CA
Los Gatos Library - Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
New Los Gatos Library on Main Street
Los Gatos Library - Photographs of my Amtrak Train trip from Martinez to San Jose along the East side of the SF Bay - gvan42 Gregory Vanderlaan
Los Gatos Library Interior-Mac Computers
Photo looking down on the Paul Masson Winery in Saratoga, California from Apollo Heights Road
Looking down on Paul Masson Winery (and concerts)
from Apollo Heights, Saratoga.
Santa Clara Historic Train Station AMTRAK Voyage
Santa Clara Train Station
Looking over the salt flats at Moffett Field in the distance - San Francisco Bay
Moffett Field and Salt Flats
Satellite Photo showing South San Francisco Bay and Train Tracks
Satellite Photo of South Bay showing the train tracks.
You cannot drive a car on this route.
The train trip gives you a totally different view of the Bay Area.
Salt Flats on San Francisco Bay only visible from the Amtrak Train
Salt Factory near San Jose, CA
Cranes and Train tracks in Oakland - only visible from the Amtrak Train
Cranes at the Port of Oakland
Apartment Buildings in Oakland - only visible from the Amtrak Train
Apartment Buildings in Oakland
UC Berkeley Train Station - only visible from the Amtrak Train or BART
UC Berkeley Train Station
UC Berkeley Train Station - only visible from the Amtrak Train or BART
UC Berkeley in the distance
Amoeba Music Record Store on Telegraph Ave

Sore Window of Amoeba Music
BART Train - visible from the Amtrak Train ride from San Jose to Martinez
Bay Area Rapid Transit
McMansions in North Berkeley - visible from the Amtrak Train ride from San Jose to Martinez
McMansions in North Berkeley
My Bus that Takes me Back to Eureka, California at the Amtrak Train Station in Martinez
My Bus to Eureka
I do remember that on my way Home to Eureka, I was sitting up close to the Driver of the Bus and... I asked if he could drop me off at the Exit near my House... Since I had no Luggage in the Underneath Compartment and since we had become friends chatting with the other passengers... he said Yes! and POOF! I Walked Home... That's the Unexpected High Quality Service that you just don't get in the City... Since Eureka is a Small Town, We Get Small Town Hospitality!

Another Fabulous Train Ride by Amtrak was to Seattle, Washington... then Transfer to the Monorail so I could Visit the Space Needle Park... My ultimate goal of that trip was the EXPERIENCE MUSIC PAVILION. 
Dedicated to Jimi Hendrix and Curt Cobain. 

 I ate TWO Marijuana Cookies, Drank a Cup of Very Strong Coffee and Just FLEW to that Museum. Out front there was a Musical Instrument Toy designed to be played by random Visitors. It was a Chromatic series of Tubular Bells that were whacked by a pool ball strung on a taught wire. Most of the other players were elementary school children so the sound was RATHER CHAOTIC but It was the High Point of that Trip. The inside of the Museum was not that great... although they had a sculpture that looked like a tornado made out of musical instruments... Guitars, Drums, Trumpets... 

 However, on such a High Dose of Marijuana, I was more interested in Observing the Beautiful Women Tourists than any of the Exhibits. 

 Later that Day I ended up in the Downtown Business District at Quitting time on a Friday Afternoon in the Springtime. There was a Band Playing GRUNGE Music in the Park and the Office Workers were Exploding out of their Cubicles and Making Plans to go Swimming, Boating and Camping... The sheer JOY of Freedom was Powerful... Secretaries and Men in Suits RIPPING OFF THE NECKTIE... and Cheering! 

 anyway... GO TO SEATTLE! The Monorail Ride is EPIC.
I did not go up in the Space Needle because there was a LONG LINE and I was Having fun on the Ground... Listening to a Live Peruvian Flute Band with Guitars playing INCA Songs.
and eating a Astonishing Kraut Dog with Mustard...

 If you can't go in person to Seattle, there is a Great Elvis Presley Movie called "It Happened at the World's Fair" that allows you to see all the sights and sounds 
AS THEY WERE IN 1963. And He Sings...
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1ojY5XLxnE

and YET another train ride... this time I also used the Light Rail in Santa Clara County... Riding the Train after Grateful Dead Concert in Santa Clara 6-28-2015 - Jerry Garcia's Ghost Visited us...


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