the children of the magenta
Very nicely put, Gretchen. That would also be a great name for a rock band, or a SciFi movie, or a....
By the way, visual approaches to the 28's require you to be at 1900' at the San Mateo bridge. That's the long metal thingy, just before the airport, going from right to left, or left to right, as you prefer, all the way across the bay, lots of shiny cars going back and forth, really hard to miss, unless your head is buried in the cockpit, or up somewhere else.
SAN MATEO BRIDGE, 1900 OR ABOVE, if you forget all else, at least remember that.