Glad you had a wonderful time visiting my State. Yosemite is one of the most beautiful parks in the nation. I was born in the bay area and moved to Northern Califorina in the mid 80's. Don't know if you had a chance in San Francisco to ride the transit system (BART), but my husband and I worked for them for 18 years. We then transplanted to Northern California via Alaska, Washington State and then back to California. We live in a rural area were they say there are more cows then there are people. When we leave our house we drive east looking at majestic Mt. Lassen an if driving north we look at Mt. Shasta, both inactive volcanos. California is a beautiful state with beautiful beaches, mountains and rivers. Hopefully on your next visit you can come north of Sacramento. Oh,this is the hot area of the state, 100 today!