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What Are Your Natural Cathedrals?
On Saturday night I took the picture above, showing the eastern slope of the Teton Mountains towering over the Snake River in Jackson, Wyoming. I was on one of my regular cross-country jaunts from Nashville to Los Angeles. Sure, Wyoming isn’t generally on that route but, c’mon, look at the picture — you’re going to go out of your way for that.
I can’t quite put into words what I experience every time I stand at that spot. It’s something akin, I suppose, to what Maslow described as a “peak experience.” Jackson Hole is one of a handful of spots that I regard as natural cathedrals — places that are overawing in their aesthetic majesty.
Here’s my question for Ricochet members: what sites do you regard with a similar sense of breathlessness? And — need I say it? — photos please.
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Mmm… If I were a reindeer, this would make me very hungry.
Wow, that must have been one heck of a fight:
Donner and Blitzen vs. Moby Dick
Sorry All,
Just got to this a bit late. I posted my favorite about a week ago. Casey was complaining about rain in Pittsburgh. After we all posted a few rain oriented pop songs, Arahant countered with Beethoven’s sixth symphony. I countered with this.
Leonard Bernstein version
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Toscanini version 1943
Regards,
Jim
Well, I’ll have to chime in that well-created music brings a majestic cathedral “sensation” to our ears. :)
Where is that?
That looks gorgeous. If one wanted to take pleasant day hikes and yet have a nice inn/hotel/resort-thingy to stay in at night in the Lake Tahoe area, any recommendations?