Good-bye, Easy Mt. Washington Sunrise

The sunrise last Saturday was not all that glamorous. Yet it was the last day that I was able to get up early and easily make it to Mount Washington by myself before I end the lease of my Shadyside apartment and completely move out of the city. That milestone status makes this morning trip blog-worthy.

上星期六的日出其實沒什麼厲害的，但這是我最後一天可以自己早起輕鬆上華盛頓山，接下來就要徹底搬離城市，沒有Shadyside的小公寓了。所以雖然日出不精彩，還是值得紀念。

Calling this easy however, is giving Pittsburgh transportation too much credit.

In late June, sunrise in Pittsburgh is at about 5:50 a.m. On weekends, public transportation does not run that early. Even if you are willing to go through the hassle of taking two buses and then a ride on the incline, nothing runs that early.

I woke up at 4:50 a.m. and pulled up my Uber app to make sure I could get a ride. Two cars within 13 minutes. I thought I was good. Ten minutes later, all the UberX’s were gone! My request with Yellow Cab of course went nowhere after a 20-minute wait. In the end, a Lyft driver, Benjamin, saved the day. (Thank you, Benjamin!)

說輕鬆其實一點也不輕鬆。六月底，匹茲堡日出大概是五點五十，週末大眾交通根本沒這麼早開，就算願意經歷公車轉公車又轉纜車的長途跋涉也沒車坐。

我四點五十醒來，自以為設想周全地先打開Uber確認附近有車，沒想到十分鐘刷牙洗臉準備好之後，Uber車都不見了！Yellow Cab叫了車當然等了二十分鐘也沒下文，最後是Lyft駕駛Benjamin救了我！

The sunrise wasn’t great. But given this overcast to stormy weather in June, I consider myself lucky.

這天的日初雖然很普通，但畢竟六月每天不是陰天就是大雷雨，有日出就不錯了。