I love seeing mountains!
Growing up in Illinois, I felt the skyscrapers of downtown Chicago were mountains for me. I would stare up at them when I rode the EL downtown on Saturdays to pick up mail from my father’s office. Those experiences planted in me the seeds of wanting to be an architect as I pondered where my college degree would bring me.
But that never happened. I became a structural engineer instead. I chose that as a course of study Northwestern University as a way to stay local (Evanston), rather than going to University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign, living at a distance too far away from a woman who wanted me to stay by her side.
As I moved to the suburbs of Chicago after college, I found that landfills were my new mountains. I could drive to the top of a landfill in Naperville—called Mount Trashmore—and see on the eastern horizon the tiny skyscrapers of Chicago!!
But really! Let’s face it, I needed to travel somewhere else to see mountains. The first ones I saw were in California. So today I’m going to share with you some of my mountain pictures from California and the Canadian Rockies.
Enjoy!
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Gorgeous pics as usual. Thought you might enjoy knowing that in feng shui skyscrapers are considered mountains and streets are considered rivers. Lots of love, Gwen
I didn’t know that Gwen! Fascinating! 🙂
Love you too, Gwen!
Harry, Excellent and truly beautiful shots in this post. My late wife Susan and I did our first serious backpacking trip near Lone Pine and Bishop. I remember the Chocolate Lakes and amazing terrain, fishing for trout for dinner, watching the sunset and trails still covered with snow in summer. Thanks for the photos and stirring some important memories.
Andy
Thank you, Andy! Sounds like you had a wonderful life of traveling with your Susan. Happy that my images stirred your memories.