These first few photos were taken out in Chabot at Sunrise last Monday.
I parked up at the entrance to the park on Redwood Rd.
I hiked out the Redtail Trail then hung a left on Cottontail Trail which is where I found this tree.
but I decided to hike a bit past the junction up to one of my favorite spots in the park.
This one corner on the Brandon Trail gives you this unbelievable View.
Both the Bay and Golden Gate Bridges and also Downtown San Francisco.
At the top is a great view of the hills heading out to Contra Costa and Mt. Diablo.
I did find this cool berry tree of sorts just before I got back to the parking lot.
I headed over the hill and caught this sunset on the way down into Berkeley.
This first photo is of this crumbling stone peak that overlooks the parking lot.
Next, I headed out to the South East side of the park and up the hill towards the reservoir.
While I was setting up to try and get some sunset shots, this guy rode by me up the hill on a Mountain Bike.
I asked him if I could take a couple of shots of his speedy decent and he said "Shoot away."
This is my favorite of the burst shots that I took.
I really like the sense of speed you get from this one.
In the top photo, it almost looks like snow.
The last bit of the afternoon sun was lighting up the tips of the petals on the California Poppy.
See you again soon.