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Sep 20 (Sun) — LK & MS arrive · Silicon Valley · Golden Gate sunset

Stay: Airbnb — Daly City

Logistics

  • LK & MS: UA1333 lands SFO 12:11 PM (flights) → SIXT rental pickup 1:00 PM
  • KT & VT: BART Daly City → SFO (~15 min), meet at the SIXT counter by 1 PM
  • Luggage rides along all day. Dinner is late (~8:30 PM) — snack in the car

Plan

Menu: sf_sights.md. Items below are agreed; everything else is still on the menu.

  • ~1:30 PM Leave SFO, I-280 south to Cupertino (~30 min)
  • 2:00 PM Apple Park Visitor Center (map) — rooftop terrace over the ring, AR model, store. ~45 min. Sun 11 AM–6 PM
  • 3:00 PM Google Visitor Experience (map), Mountain View (15 min north) — store, café, Android statues. ~30 min. Sun 10 AM–5 PM
  • 3:45 PM Computer History Museum (map) — 1 mile down Shoreline Blvd. Highlights pass, closes 5 PM sharp. Sun 10 AM–5 PM, closed Mon/Tue
  • 5:00 PM I-280 north to the Golden Gate Bridge (~50 min)
  • ~5:50 PM Golden Gate Bridge, SF side — Welcome Center lot, short walk out on the deck. Sidewalk open till 8:30 PM
  • ~6:20 PM Cross to Marin → Battery Spencer. Navigate to the parking lot, 3-min walk up. Small lot, Sunday is busy — if full: shoulder parking up Conzelman Rd, or Hawk Hill 5 min further
  • Sunset 7:07 PM Battery Spencer — bridge panorama, stay for blue hour (~7:40). Windy and cold — jackets
  • ~8:30 PM Back to Daly City (~40 min) · dinner

Notes

  • Museum gets only ~75 min here. For a proper 2 hrs, skip Google Visitor Experience and go Apple → museum at 3:00 PM
  • If the museum runs over: skip the SF-side bridge stop, straight to Battery Spencer by 6:30
  • Stanford and Fort Point are out. Concert in Concord does not fit (show 6:30 PM, ~90 min away)
  • Bridge toll is electronic, southbound only, on the way back. SIXT bills it with a fee unless a toll pass is added at pickup
  • Verify Apple / Google / museum hours the morning of