Thanks guys! I thought no one had seen that post!
Weebl, I have been up to Lick a bunch of times. I grew up in Cupertino and we used to go get snow from there and bring it down to the quad in my high school days
Later in life I have also done the whole way from Fremont to I-5 at Patterson on my VFR. It is a tight road, especially with the Spandex crowd that populates it these days.
I have not been to the Sunol Regional Wilderness yet, but pretty soon I will be a lot more mobile on trails and plan to explore much further. I am a member of East Bay Regional Parks, and try to get out as much as possible with a camera!