Jericho at 6am. The city is completely different before it wakes up.

We set an alarm, made coffee in a thermos, and walked to Jericho Beach to watch the sunrise over the mountains. The beach faces east and on a clear morning the light on the North Shore and the still water of English Bay is the kind of thing that feels worth a 5:45am alarm. There was almost no one there for the first 45 minutes. The mountains were reflected in the water. A heron was doing its thing about ten metres away and didn't care about us at all. We were home by 8am and made proper breakfast. This date costs nothing and requires only the willingness to wake up early and the right weather app. Check the forecast the night before.