Well, I have booked space at the downtown hostel (the Wharf was full )

It is close to BART, Cable Car (hubby is very excited about this!), a post office (for lots of shipping purposes) and basically it is downtown...maybe not ideal for most but I think it will be neat for 2 of them who have never been to SF!

Our tour plans are to not really have plans! except get to the end in time to catch our plane...hehe!!! We are not against having to rent a car at the end if we run out of time...as long as we make it to the Redwoods!!! We are all avid cyclist so a 50-60 mile a day average is not too far out of reach...although we will be toting heavy bikes and are looking forward to not having a schedule our average may be lower, resulting in the rental car!

haha...one in our group would be making all these plans the day before! He is also the most knowledgable in trekking of sorts! He did the Appalachian Trail from end to end (his now wife was with him for 2 weeks of the journey)

I am the middle of spontaneous camp/travel...and this is all new for hubby!

Thanks for all your help and any ideas for "MUST-DO-THINGS-IN-SF" please post!!!!

I am kinda hoping to get to the Golden Gate Rec area and stay there a night before we cross the bridge!!! Marin area I guess...I used to go to a beach over there and eat oysters in a fun little dive...hmmm wish I had the memory to recall names of these places!