RHV does have GPS now. But that likely wouldn't have got you much closer than the ILS and move on over via the Capitol and Tulley approach you did would have. It is kinda amazing, with how busy RHV is now, especially since SJC is so GA unfriendly. $40 just to stop and turn around. You'd think RHV would come up with an approach other than GPS. Heck, now you got me all upset thinking about how they just need to make Moffett a GA airport, and the ILS there would solve the problems, and the ramp space would allow for all the parking needed for GA planes around the Bay Area.
Just fly in G and forget about special
Favorite question of a local DE is to point to Madera and say something like:
Can you get from here, to there? Ok, now what if vis is 5 and cig is 1000'. Now what if vis is 5 and cig is 700'. Ok, now what if vis is 2 and cig is 1000'. Ok, then, tell me what minimum conditions you must have to get from Fresno to Madera.
http://maps.myairplane.com/default.asp and select the SF Sectional, if ya'll want to take a look to see what the airspace is like around that area. This is about the middle of the sectional, 15 miles or so from FAT.