Sunrise Hike in Tilden Regional Park

 <Japanese post after English version: 日本語は英語の後にあります>

 It is nice to see sunrise in mountains.

Sunrise

One day I went to Tilden Regional Park to see sunrise at the top. To reach at the top of the hill before sunrise, obviously you need to start hiking way before sunrise. That part is tough: I am a night person. Also you need to walk with a head lamp. However, I knew it would be rewarding, so I did!

Tilden Park is near Berkeley and there are many people live in this area, especially many students due to UC Berkeley. It is very popular for local people to hike in Tilden. However, nobody is usually there before sunrise. Most undergrads don't get up before sunrise, of course. I brought Jetboil and coffee instant packages to sip coffee while I would be watching sunrise.

As planned, I reached the top of hills and sat down to wait for sunrise. Jetboil's flare gave me some light. After a few sips of coffee, I noticed that sun was coming. Then after a couple of more sips, sun started rising over the undulating mountains. It was a beautiful, peaceful, and pretty sunrise. 

I like sunrise view, because every moment is different. Sky is gradually getting orange, then the moment sun comes up, it was special. The sunrise is like flare. 

Sunrise in the mountain top is usually very quiet, because normal people don't climb up so early or camp there. It is priceless (and actually it is free activity). 

Eucalyptus

On the way back, I was able to see surrounding things and noticed there are many eucalyptus. There are many eucalyptus trees in California. I love them because it gives me comfortable feelings. When I was in Japan, I thought that eucalyptus was only in Australia for koalas, but I find them in California a lot. 

When crowd was arriving the park, I left there and ate big breakfast in Berkeley downtown before crowd would come for brunch.

Sunrise in Tilden: recommended, but you need to be determined.

とある土曜日にティルデンパークに日の出を見に行った。小山の頂上に日の出前に着くためには、当然日の出よりずいぶん前に歩き始めなければならない。上り坂よりこの部分が辛い（注：私は夜型人間です）。しかし景色は素晴らしいものになるのはわかっていたので、決行した。

ティルデンパークはUCバークレーの近くにあり、ローカルの人にとても人気の公園だ。しかし日の出前には誰もいない。ジェットボイルとインスタントコーヒーを持参し歩き始める。

予定通り高台の場所に日の出前に到着。ジェットボイルの火が微かな光を灯す。コーヒーをすすっているとあたりが少し明るくなって来て日の出が近づいてくる。そしてついに日の出！（写真１枚目）。とても静かな場所で綺麗な日の出をコーヒーを飲みながら見ることができた。贅沢な時を過ごした。

帰り道は行きに見れなかったユーカリの木などが見れた。ユーカリの木はカリフォルニアに多い。ユーカリの森は気持ちいいので好きだ。

私が公園を去る頃に人々が公園に到着。公園を後にしバークレーのカフェで朝食。朝食を食べ終わる頃にブランチする人々が街にやって来ていた。