- One file per day under days/; timeline table reduced to date, weekday, place - Sep 19–20: KT & VT Uber to Airbnb, rest day; LK & MS drive rental to Airbnb - Sep 21: Silicon Valley morning, optional Twin Peaks / Painted Ladies / Lands End, Battery Spencer at sunset - LK Hertz LAX rental marked not available for planning; LA / San Diego hotels cancelled - sf_sights: add Silicon Valley and Mission / Castro, skip Computer History Museum Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01CWLR7htYGAB9i89P8jCCLn
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Sep 21 (Mon) — San Francisco
Stay: Airbnb — Daly City
Plan
Menu:
sf_sights.md. Items below are agreed; everything else is still on the menu.
- ~8:30 AM Drive south to Silicon Valley (~45 min)
- 9 AM Apple Park Visitor Center, Cupertino — rooftop terrace over the ring, AR campus model, store
- Late morning Google Visitor Experience, Mountain View (15 min) — optional Stanford campus walk after
- ~1–2 PM Drive back north on I-280; stops below are optional, in route order
- Optional: Twin Peaks — city panorama, 15-min stop, right off I-280. Navigate to Christmas Tree Point
- Optional: Painted Ladies — 10 min north-east; short stop at Alamo Square
- Optional: Lands End — 20 min west via Geary; Sutro Baths ruins + coastal trail (~45 min short version), Ocean Beach next door. Park at Lands End Lookout
- ~5:45 PM Drive over the Golden Gate Bridge to Marin (20–25 min from Lands End in commute traffic)
- Sunset (~7:08 PM) Marin Headlands / Battery Spencer — Golden Gate Bridge panorama (car). Navigate to the parking lot, 3-min walk up. Small lot: arrive by ~6:15 PM. Stay for blue hour. Windy and cold — jackets
Notes
- Alcatraz — ferry from Pier 33, ~2.5–3 hrs, no car needed. Sells out weeks ahead — reserve early if wanted
- Monday: some museums (incl. the de Young, Computer History Museum) are closed
- Verify Apple / Google visitor center hours before going
- Bridge toll is electronic, southbound only (on the way back). SIXT bills it with a fee unless a toll pass is added at pickup
- If the Battery Spencer lot is full: shoulder parking up Conzelman Rd, or Hawk Hill 5 min further