Road Trip - San Francisco to Vegas

becks92

Hi Zazie,

Was told my someone someone from san fransciso that the best way to see Vegas is to drive in by night as you drive for hours in the dark then come over the top of the hill to the bright lights of Vegas

Sounds like an amazing trip you a planning have fun.

We are doing a charity fun to Italy in my old Mini in October and that will be around 3500 miles its all good fun itsn't it

Zazie

becks92 wrote: »

Hi Zazie,

Was told my someone someone from san fransciso that the best way to see Vegas is to drive in by night as you drive for hours in the dark then come over the top of the hill to the bright lights of Vegas

Yes - I can believe that would be really cool.

Sounds like an amazing trip you a planning have fun.

Thanks. Have to wait until next April, but it'll come round.

We are doing a charity fun to Italy in my old Mini in October and that will be around 3500 miles its all good fun itsn't it

:T Impressive - have a great time!

sophieschoice

Zazie wrote: »

Thanks for the info. Do you remember which type of train carriage you went on? There is a basic package without lunch - do you think that would be the best option? Their website makes the lunch sound nice (of course!). I'm not really a wine buff either, just thought it would make an interesting day out. Did you book in advance or when you got out there?

We booked in advance as it was a birthday present for OH.
It's an old fashioned kind of train, think Agatha Christies mystery and you're not far off. It just goes slowly up and down to be honest. It was $10 for four glasses of wine.
Funnily enough me and OH were talking about it today and he said the visit to Mondavi's vineyard was better. He also remembered the food on the wine train being a bit naff! You don't need to book in advance for the vineyard visits (and there are loads to choose from) just turn up.
We would both definitely go back to Napa but neither of us would do the wine train again.
And I'd recommend taking the ferry from Sausalito back to SF as it's a great view of the city from the boat.

Pssst

Presidio..well it used to be a big military camp AFAIK but is now a mix of officers houses sold to private individuals and still some military accommodation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidio_of_San_Francisco

The film The Presidio was part filmed there (strangley enough)

When i was in the area,it was the memorial day weekend and the big military cemetery was being spruced up and look just perfect and serene (if a cemetery can be perfect)

tingtong

Zazie wrote: »

Great! Walking over the bridge was on the to-do list, so we'll maybe do Sausalito that day too. Maybe walk in one direction and take public transport back if that's possible.

Exactly what we did, the buses are quite regular from Sausalito back into SF.