Watch fireworks then make our own In-N-Out

Watch fireworks

Fireworks at Great America start at 9:40 PM and end at 10 PM.

Let's meet at 8:15 PM at my house then walk on the San Tomas Aquino Creek Trail towards Great America. We only need to go far enough north to cross Highway 101. I think this is a good place to watch from:

Santa Clara Fire Department Station 8, 2400 Agnew Rd, Santa Clara, CA 95054

It's 1.7 miles which Google Maps says takes 37 minutes walking or 10 minutes bicycling.

Do NOT try to drive to the fireworks, the traffic will be insane.

Sunnyvale is not doing drone show like they did in 2024 "due to higher cost, lack of location for an event of that scope, limited staffing resources and inability to secure mutual aid from neighboring cities" (source).

Make our own In-N-Out

In previous years, after seeing fireworks we would meet at In-N-Out because they are open late, but it was always extremely crowded and took forever.

This year my galaxy brain idea is to buy oven fries and ice cream from a store and prepare them at my house:

• We will try to replicate In-N-Out Animal-Style fries which are topped with melted cheese, grilled onion, and some sauce thing. I will get Trader Joe's Magnifisauce which is kind of like thousand-island dressing and frozen sauteed chopped onion cubes. My oven sort of sucks so if you have an air fryer please bring it.
• Apparently making milkshakes at home using a blender sort of sucks so we will just make ice cream sundaes. I will get Kirkland (Costco) vanilla ice cream and various toppings.

Joining us for fireworks is free but I will collect a few dollars from people who join for the food afterwards.

The only food I will be serving is french fries and ice cream. There will not be any burgers because I don't have the kitchen capacity.