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So...  What Else Is There To Do While Dad's Flying?
We offer these "Non Heli" ideas to entertain the Significant-Other and the Kids
while the Pilot of the family is at the field flying.  Might also be an idea for the day-before or the day-after.

Listings by city
Maybe Go to an Amusement Park or Outdoor Fun?
    San Jose  about 20 minute drive South
    San Francisco  about an hour drive North
    Oakland  about 45 minutes drive North
    Santa Cruz  about an hour drive South
    Monterey  about an hour and a half drive South
    Fremont  right near the field
   
    Great America  Santa Clara
    Raging Waters  San Jose
    Marine World Africa USA  Valejo
    Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
    Bonfonte Gardens  Gilroy
    Golf (A sport/hobby MORE expensive than Helicopters)
   
We Could Go for a Scenic Drive or a Hike.
How About Something Interactive, Educational & Fun?
    Pebble Beach 17 Mile Drive    Monterey's 17 Mile Drive
    Redwoods of Santa Cruz         Felton-Big Basin
    Roaring Camp Railroad           Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
    Monterey-Carmel                    Big Sur
    Whale Watching                      Whale Watching
    Whale Watching                      Whale Watching
    Horse Back on the Beach        Half-Moon Bay
    Mt Diablo                                Mission San Jose Fremont
    Stinson Beach Marin County    Muir Woods  San Francisco
    Mt Hamilton Lick Observatory
   
    Hiller Aviation Museum  San Carlos
    Tech Museum of Innovation  San Jose
    Children's Discovery Museum  San Jose
    Happy Hollow Museum and Zoo  San Jose
    Oakland Museum of California  Oakland
    Exploratorium  San Francisco
    Winchester Mystery House  San Jose
    Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum  San Jose
Let's go look at the animals and feed the fish.
Let's go shopping and gawking and buy some souvenirs.
    San Francisco Zoo
    Oakland Zoo
    Happy Hollow Museum and Zoo  San Jose
    Monterey Bay Aquarium  Monterey
    Marine World Africa USA  Valejo
   
    Cannery Row Monterey        Cannery Row Monterey
    Cannery Row Monterey
    Pier 39 San Francisco - Alcatraz Is.
    Pier 39 San Francisco - Sea Lions  
    Fishermans Wharf   San Francisco
    Gilroy Premium Outlets          IKEA
   
What about some of that FINE California Wine?
What about after CIRCUMGYRATION?
    Winery tours around the SF Bay Area
    Hecker Pass  Gilroy                Kirigin Cellars  Gilroy
    Mirassou Vineyards  San Jose   Retzlaff Estate Livermore
    Napa Valley Wine Train from Napa
     
    Watsonville Air Show - May 26-28, 2006
    Napa Valley

    Other events around the Bay Area
Any Interest In Other Hobby Resources?

    Fry's Electronics  -- An unbelievably large electronics store that carries everything from surface mount resistors to refigerators.
                                   You can find most anything you can imagine that is electronic, entertainment or computer related here.
    HRO Sunnyvale  -- A well known Amateur Radio Mail-order outlet.  This is a small shop, but has all the latest radios to
                                   touch and tryout.
    Halted Specialties  -- A classic Silicon Valley "Junk" store.  Has all kinds of electronics components and pieces and parts of
                                     computers and test equipment.  
    Harbor Freight Tools   --  You've probably seen their catalog.  They have all kinds of interesting and useful tools and gadgets
                                             that you can't live without, after you find out that "it" exists.




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