Originally Posted by davester

I've ridden Hamilton many times, both from Alum Rock and from Livermore. It's a great ride. Unfortunately I'll probably be in the UK on this date, otherwise I'd be there for sure. On weekends they almost always run tours of the original telescope (the one James is buried under) on a roughly every other hour basis. I've done this several times and they are always very interesting and the content varies a lot depending on who is giving the tour. Well worth the roughly hour you spend on the tour. I highly recommend that you try to catch one of these before heading back down.