| Oct 3 | Sat | Los Angeles | Leave Vegas by 7 AM · Drive to LAX (~4.5 hrs, Sat traffic) · Car dropoff · KT & VT fly to Sofia · MS & LK fly to YVR (tickets TBD) |
> **Option to look into — Alcatraz:** ferry from Pier 33, ~2.5–3 hrs round trip. No car needed. If the group wants it, best slotted into the **Sep 21 morning** (BART day) — reach Pier 33 via the F-line streetcar, then do downtown after. This avoids clashing with the Sep 20 morning, which Marin Headlands wants for the pre-fog bridge view. **Sells out weeks ahead — reserve early.**
> **Mondays:** some museums (incl. the de Young) are closed — check before counting on them Sep 21.
### Sep 20 — San Francisco: Golden Gate & Waterfront
> **Sights menu:** see [`sf_sights.md`](sf_sights.md) for the full candidate list.
*Car day — flexible for the north-side viewpoints BART doesn't reach.*
- **Morning** Drive to **Marin Headlands / Battery Spencer** — the classic Golden Gate Bridge panorama; go early before fog and crowds
- **Late morning** Cross back over the bridge → **Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center** & Fort Point underneath
- **Midday** **Palace of Fine Arts** → **Crissy Field** (bridge + skyline)
- **Afternoon** Drive **Lombard Street** (the crooked block) → park near **Fisherman's Wharf**
- **Late afternoon** **Pier 39** sea lions → **Ghirardelli Square**; dinner on the waterfront
### Sep 21 — San Francisco: Downtown & Classic SF
*BART day — park the rental in Daly City, ride in to skip downtown parking.*
- **Morning** BART Daly City → **Embarcadero**; **Ferry Building** marketplace for breakfast
- *Optional:* **Alcatraz** — early ferry from Pier 33 (F-line streetcar from the Embarcadero); book ahead
- **Late morning** Ride a **cable car** (California St line) over Nob Hill → **Union Square**
- **Afternoon** Giant Forest Museum (orientation) → General Sherman Tree (shuttle) → Congress Trail (2-mile paved loop, better than just the Sherman stop)
