San Francisco is a beautiful city. Even more beautiful to enjoy before 10am each day. I am a morning person which works well for me in two respects. First, living on the left coast I am ready for business each weekday at 6am when others are just arriving for work on the East Coast. Second, I find enjoyment of this great city in more private and intimate settings than the crowded bustling amongst others after 10am in the morning.

On weekends I regularly take a long bike ride, typically setting off around 6:00am and ending around 9:00am. Not only are the streets quiet, but I get wonderful early morning sunrise pics like this one:

SF Sunrise from Fort Point - December 11, 2011

I typically ride out from our home in Noe Valley east to the bay coastline at 3rd Street and 16th Street then start a counter-clockwise tour of the city perimeter. About 30 to 40 miles in total depending on the full route I take. Traffic is light to non-existent for most of the ride and aside from the occasional runner I generally don’t pass by many others out for exercise. Taxis and delivery vans make up most of what traffic there is. No crazy drivers, no lost tourists. A city of over 870,000 nearly all to myself before 10am.