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Oh my goodness I've missed mountains (hellooooo Rockies!) But at the same time, I now completely understand why Prairie people get sort of claustrophobic around tall mountains!
This is very different from Saskatchewan, and I really notice the large fraction of the sky that I cannot see due to the tall mountains everywhere. I'm ok with it, but I notice it. Interesting.
@sundogplanets I'm a lot more uncomfortable with a single track used for two (?) directions 🙈
@sundogplanets As a Front Range Colorado dweller, I find coastal California a bit disorienting because the mountains are on the wrong side. But at least there are long sight lines.
When I return on visits, driving in New England, where I grew up is much more annoying: for most of the year the roads are just narrow tunnels through the trees. There can be a huge shopping mall a short distance from the highway, but is it visible? No. All you can see is trees. Not even signs sometimes.
@sundogplanets Grew up in rural central Illinois, can confirm. Even being in a big city was disorienting when the buildings blocked the horizon. I got over it, though, and I do love the mountains whenever I get out there. :)
@sundogplanets I find flat places... odd. I grew up with mountains on three sides, and I love the forest. Even now I live in a basin surrounded by hills, and at an elevation where the clouds cover the top of them.
@c_merriweather Before moving to Saskatchewan I had only lived in places with mountains, or at least hills. I was quite worried I'd hate it. But I LOVE the huge sky! It's so incredibly awesome!
If you follow those mountains all the way south to Colorado please tell us when and where you'll be lecturing so that we can show up!
@sundogplanets am an island girl, greatgranddaughter of a native carib woman who taught me to smell all the waters. Manhattan is also an island. when i go anywhere inland in USA, i immediately notice the different smell of water, or its complete absence. semi/dessertic areas like southern California and New Mexico are totally disorienting.
the only place in europe i’ve experienced that is Madrid. it's a ridonculously dry city. love Madrid, but don’t like landlocked places.
@sundogplanets l grew up prairie but less than an houe from the foothills. .. Wideopen emptiness to giants...
@sundogplanets In agreement with you and the many replies. It’s a very real thing for me as well unless I get to be up high on of one of the mountains.
@sundogplanets same for me when I came to Arizona from the pacific northwest, except wrt wild areas == dense forests vs wild areas == open desert. I grew up with forest trails where you can't see beyond that one group of trees on either side - loved it, then, but it feels claustrophobic now that I'm used to trails where you can see to the horizon.
Anyway gorgeous photo and I hope you get to enjoy the heck out of that landscape!
Interesting observation!
I grew up in the Southern forest country of the US, and when I moved West I was astonished by the sky. Watching an entire anvil cloud develop, grow into a thunderstorm, move over me, and then recede into the distance, I knew I was not going to live in the forests again, although I love them.
These days, I'm uncomfortably claustrophobic when I visit my relatives ""back home". Funny how that works, eh?
@sundogplanets At this point, I get claustrophobic around tall trees. I grew up with big pines all over the place, but now I get uneasy every time I visit my folks. Can’t see the horizon…
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