2007 Swanking ideas

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by lashbear

We REALLY want to do this !! It's closest to SFO, isn;t it ?

Yes, San Jose. About 40 miles south of SF. I'd be ready for that, too, it's been years since I've been there.

[Snowflake]

Moonlight Tours are restricted to any Friday the 13th date and Halloween.

Info can be found here

Event prices seem to be $39 for a moonlight walkabout the place.

San Jose has not been on my exploration list for some time, but with all the new building and renovating going on in the last decade, I think it's worth a trip for investigative purposes.

[Alex]

The area around there is both better looking and less interesting since Santana Row (very nearby) was completed.

I've done the moonlight tour and didn't find it all that interesting (though there were some people in our group that weren't necessarily fun to be with so that may have influenced things).

"Look! A crazy lady built a crazy house." That sustained things for about 10 minutes.

[MouseWife]

We recently strolled the grounds of the Winchester House. We were staying nearby...geesh, I forget the name of the place but it was a ten minute drive from there. We also went to the Mission. It wasn't open.

I didn't do much there but the Chickie and fiance spent two whole days exploring. They went to an Egyptian museum {?}. Found Vegan places to eat. We went to Carls' Jr.

BUT back to topic~that would be the best if it were all a gang of people you knew to do the tour with. And no babies!!!

[mousepod]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

They went to an Egyptian museum {?}.

Probably the Rosicrucian Temple and Egyptian museum. Freaky cool.

[Alex]

The Rosicrucian Temple and museum is indeed cool. Just go in knowing that a fair amount of the history presented is fraudulent (as you'd expect from an 19th century fraternal organization that truly believes it has a continuous history extending all the way back to ancient Egypt).

But if you keep that in mind it is cool. And a lot of the straight Egyptology on display is accurate, just be wary of the claims about the organization. (Here's a brief overview)

[MouseWife]

What a name!! No wonder I call it 'The Egyptian Museum'.

[Dexter]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Moonlight Tours are restricted to any Friday the 13th date and Halloween.
Event prices seem to be $39 for a moonlight walkabout the place.

I used to work at the Winchester House and gave several flashlight tours of the place. Please be advised, in most cases the tours from 8PM to about 9:30 are usually loaded with someone that's inebriated (or a group of someones.) The tours go in every 10 minutes so the house is usually packed with people.

I would personally recommend trying to be on the first couple of tours that start at 7 (or is it 6 now?) That way you get the house for the most part to yourself, you don't have to worry about people wondering around from other tours and you might even get to see sludge.

The guides are supposed to share stories of strange experiences that have happened over time at the mansion, some do, some don't. The tour that you get is the same one you can take during the day with the strange experiences mixed in. That's the only difference.

[lashbear]

Originally Posted by Dexter

I used to....

Hey Dexter !! *Hugs*

Good to see you here !

[Dexter]

Originally Posted by lashbear

Hey Dexter !! *Hugs*

Good to see you here !

Thanks Lashbear, I'm happy to join this hip community, I'm just working on finding my groove.