Posted March 20, 2018 So, I've had a profile on here for a bit, but am really just discovering the depths of the Forum! I've been doing some reading, and even made a comment or 2, so thought it was appropriate that I said hello, if that's allowed! Home is actually in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, but I love Denver and am drawn to the mountains about every 3 months or so. [snip] I still find something to cleanse my spirit every time I'm here! One of the things I like to ask people I meet here is, do you ever take the beauty of the mountains for granted? Do you wake up and go to work and go about your life without thinking of them or seeing them? I wonder, do you become immune to their beauty if you're exposed to it every day? What say you? Oh, and Hi!! Ali 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 20, 2018 Welcome Everything you see on a daily basis becomes normal sooner or later. Doesn't mean you can't still appreciate it. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 20, 2018 I don’t know if I’m going east or west without the mountains! To answer your question for me I always see their beauty they have not become part of the landscape and I’ve been seeing them for 5 decades now. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 20, 2018 1 hour ago, JAGCS said: I don’t know if I’m going east or west without the mountains! TRUTH ! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 20, 2018 Try finding your direction in middle Tennessee on a cloudy day. I am still hooked on our mountain views, just hate how crowded the towns up there have become, let alone the campgrounds. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 21, 2018 I don't think about the mountains often. However, about once a month I'll notice them (sitting at a light, walking outside, eating somewhere with a view) and I'll thank mother nature. They are pretty magnificent! Your pictures make me appreciate mother nature too! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 21, 2018 (edited) Fourth generation Coloradoan here and every day when I drive westbound to my office I crest over a high hill and take in the whole front range, totally unobstructed. I never take it for granted, I check the snowpack, read the clouds, take in the beauty, and think to myself, "why the hell don't I ever get up into the mountains any more?" Typical Denverite. Edited March 21, 2018 by BadBoy 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 21, 2018 I grew up in Aurora, so i was able to see Rocky Mountain National Park to Pikes Peak and everything in between. Now, I live in the foothills and see the front range mountains. To answer your question, I never tire of the beauty this State has to offer. Welcome to colorful Colorado! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 22, 2018 Clear days are always awe inspiring for me when I look West to the mountains. Almost every afternoon in the summertime also blows my mind. The skies here are always beautiful in the afternoon and early evening. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 22, 2018 Thanks for all the responses and welcomes! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 23, 2018 On 3/20/2018 at 10:33 AM, Alicat said: So, I've had a profile on here for a bit, but am really just discovering the depths of the Forum! I've been doing some reading, and even made a comment or 2, so thought it was appropriate that I said hello, if that's allowed! Home is actually in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, but I love Denver and am drawn to the mountains about every 3 months or so. [snip] I still find something to cleanse my spirit every time I'm here! One of the things I like to ask people I meet here is, do you ever take the beauty of the mountains for granted? Do you wake up and go to work and go about your life without thinking of them or seeing them? I wonder, do you become immune to their beauty if you're exposed to it every day? What say you? Oh, and Hi!! Ali I'm a Denver native born and raised and I would have to admit that I actually do take this wonderful state for granted, every once in a while I look up and see it as if for the first time and realize (wow, that is beautiful)... As well as other things, growing up I was always an athlete and spent half my childhood in the mountains, and I didn't realize just how much I took our altitude for granted until I was in San Diego for basic training (USMC) and felt just how easy it was to breathe. But it wasn't until I came back home after a year away at see level that it really set in how hard it is on your body to breathe and "be in shape" here.... It's pretty easy to miss the beauty and big things that seem so small when you've lived somewhere pretty much your whole life 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 24, 2018 3rd generation native. I moved to Ohio for awhile many years ago, realized I was taking the mountains for granted. Got back here as soon as I could. Have lived in Buena Vista and Salida, where you have mountains all around and can not do the famous west is towards the mountains thing. Guess I was taking the mountains for granted again and not appreciating where I wasn't. Personal things brought me back to the front range. Now I wish I was back in the mountains. Does not look promising now. Guess I just need to start this hobby in earnest, and enjoy the ladies! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 24, 2018 Cedar Rapids!! That's a fun little college town! Twice driving through there in my younger days, I had to stop and party too much. Tell me, do you go all MILF on those College boys? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 1, 2018 On 3/20/2018 at 7:03 PM, BadBoy said: Fourth generation Coloradoan here and every day when I drive westbound to my office I crest over a high hill and take in the whole front range, totally unobstructed. I never take it for granted, I check the snowpack, read the clouds, take in the beauty, and think to myself, "why the hell don't I ever get up into the mountains any more?" Typical Denverite. Not me, I hike, ski, sail, and fish them every day, every way and everywhere. Got in my blood in my 20’s and while I’ve given up most things (except beautiful women), not given up exploring the mountains. Most of my peers seem to like the golf course or the beach, and for a while so do I, but I still come back. Except for the vastness of the oceans, there is no comparison with the mountains.... 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted April 6, 2018 I live high in the mountains outside Durango and I take the mountains for granted. I rarely even notice them until they present a problem (like snow too deep to get to work) I don't even notice the wildlife anymore unless they piss me off like deer in the road and Bears trying to get in my truck. But as soon as I go back packing I fall in love all over again and remember why I left Denver in the first place 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
