Landscape, Nature And Travel Photography

Earlier in the month I decided it would be a good idea to wake up early to catch the sunrise over San Francisco. I thought it would be fun to take my wife and show her my favorite lookout. She was a little reluctant when I told her about it as we’d have to wake up at 5AM, drive to the trailhead and then start hiking at 5:30AM in the dark. With a little coaxing she decided to join me and for fun we took along our German Shepherd, Zoe.  All went to plan in getting to the trailhead, but when she saw I was taking my camera with me she wasn’t too happy. The big variable on our hike was whether the fog would clear for us to see the view once we got to the lookout point. Unfortunately the view of San Francisco was fogged in, but I did get a few photos to commemorate the outing. This was one of my favorites from the morning.

Later in the day I called my best friend to catch up. Discussing our weekend I told him about the hike to watch sunrise with my wife. When I told him how my wife was mildly upset that I was taking my camera on the hike he noted “you’re an idiot!”. I didn’t really think at the time bringing my camera would put a damper on the romantic element of watching the sunrise. Some might say I wasn’t really thinking. Fortunately my wife is quite forgiving and has put up with far worse from me. She’s the best and even if the moment wasn’t as romantic as it could have been, it was still romantic.

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