The Belmont Trip

Around the "Peninsula"

San Mateo County

We left Sunday morning after a Grand Slam breakfast at Denny's.
It was an easy drive up Hwy 101 through King City and Soledad (Pinnacles turnoff points).
Salinas has gotten big and the freeway traffic past San Jose wasn't bad at all.
We checked in at the Holiday Inn Express (***) and had a barbecue at the College of Notre Dame de Namur.
We returned through Half Moon Bay and stayed over in SANTA CRUZ

Crystal Reservoir

Notre Dame de Namur

Waterdog Lake Hike

Holiday Inn Express
worth every cent!

Sunset Gardens, Menlo Park
Old Man (coast live oak)

Japanese Tea Garden, San Mateo
5th St, Central Park

Mountain View Center
for the Performing Arts

Smokey Joe's Cafe
We looked 'in the business'.

Castro Street, Mountain View
200 Block

Around San Mateo County
Sunset Magazine Gardens 80 Willow Rd, Menlo Park - headquarters moved - no tour - but nearby...
Score 100pts for finding and walking Timothy Hopkins Creekside Park (along Palo Alto Ave) - bridge at 363 Palo Alto Ave
Japanese Tea Garden, San Mateo (Central Park)
Filoli Center - admission $$ & Quail's Nest Cafe - no reservations - picnic table option?
Crystal Reservoir - Take a sunset drive. (See a hiking guide for day hikes.)
Waterdog Lake Park - Short hike up to the reservoir. Score points for finding this one!
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts - mvcpa.com, great location on Castro Street
Hwy 92 to Half Moon Bay

  
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June 2002