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... 

Conductor at Martinez Station

Train heading to Sacramento

Train heading to San Jose

Carquinez Bridge, Vallejo

Boat at Oil Refinery

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Oakland Stadium: Home of the Raiders and the A's

Fans leaving the game

Freeway Construction

A Pond in Oakland.
The opposite of the urban blight Oakland is famous for.

San Francisco in the distance...

Cranes at the Port of Oakland.
They look like they're from Star Wars

Miles of graffiti along the train tracks in Oakland... Solid Paintings...

...Someone... thinks this is a good idea...

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.

The Cats Sculptures in Los Gatos, CA

New Los Gatos Library on Main Street

Los Gatos Library Interior-Mac Computers

Looking down on Paul Masson Winery (and concerts)
from Apollo Heights, Saratoga.

Santa Clara Train Station

Moffett Field and Salt Flats

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 Factory near San Jose, CA

Cranes at the Port of Oakland

Apartment Buildings in Oakland

UC Berkeley Train Station

UC Berkeley in the distance

Amoeba Music Record Store on Telegraph Ave

Sore Window of Amoeba Music

Bay Area Rapid Transit

McMansions in North Berkeley

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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