San Francisco To Yosemite

Driverless robot taxis in San Francisco are popular with tourists and locals 

A row of houses known as Painted Ladies is apparently a popular backdrop with Hollywood directors

The mile-long Golden Gate Bridge, opened in 1937, connects San Francisco to Sausalito and the rest of Marin County

Another robot taxi

Sausalito became famous in the 1960s for downmarket bohemian houseboat communities, although houseboats now change hands for millions of dollars

Much of the landscape alongside the highway to Yosemite is parched in the summer, and often windy

The scenery becomes greener the nearer one approaches the national park

220 miles later, and I was there