Totally fun to do this. We would make a middle-of-the-night picnic of snacks and get the kids up in the middle of the night, drive someplace dark, and watch the amazing show in the sky.
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.
