That's exactly what me and my son did last night. Planned on going to the Chabot Space Center in Oakland where they have an actual viewing event but I fell asleep too early. Luckily I randomly woke up at 3am, grabbed my 7 yr old and drove over to the Windy Hill Open Preserve outside of Palo Alto. Sat in the back of the truck and saw a good 20 "meteors" till we got cold. He was late to school in the morning and I'm crashing at work but I'd say it was worth it.