> > Try taking a double-decker bus tour to Muir Woods near San Francisco. The driver had prepared a lilting, sing song version of an epic poem to keep the passengers focused on listening rather than watching. It was very necessary, especially coming down.

I've done that tour! A long long time ago. I think I was about 12 or 14 and we were just finishing a visit to the USA, and our plane out was delayed. We decided to go and do the first tour we could find that would fit into the extra time we suddenly had, and that was it. I thought it was great fun, but I didn't notice that the road was especially scary. Maybe we took a different route.

Brunnen-"saw some trees, bought a small plastic squirrel at the gift shop. Squirrels are so weird"G