Have you ever noticed that bits of the West are like, really amazingly beautiful?1
This is from the base of lower Yosemite Falls—close enough to get wet, anyway.
And this is the view from the balcony of Lookout Studio. I couldn’t manage to take a picture of the Grand Canyon that didn’t look like a “picture of the Grand Canyon.”
Stuff like this goes under the awesomeness of TR category, which we really ought to actually have.2
Previously, on the grandeur of the Grand Canyon.
1Yes, I know I could have borrowed from the Eagles here, but we’re all above that, aren’t we?
2Look, I know this is a bit cliché, but it makes me happy, ok?3
3Yes, I know there are a bunch of defensively phrased rhetorical questions down here. Give me a break, will you?
12 comments
November 29, 2009 at 6:11 pm
teofilo
I have noticed that, yes.
November 29, 2009 at 6:21 pm
eric
teo, have you ever noticed that bits of the Finger Lakes region aren’t shockingly ugly either?
November 29, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Dale
Damn, did you just rock a Jimmy Buffett reference? I do enjoy Havana Daydreaming along with the first couple albums, though the rest is pretty mediocre.
November 29, 2009 at 6:54 pm
teofilo
teo, have you ever noticed that bits of the Finger Lakes region aren’t shockingly ugly either?
I have noticed that as well.
November 29, 2009 at 7:21 pm
Gary
For those with the time, physical capacity, and inclination, getting well down into the Canyon is a great way to get pictures with a different look than “pictures of the Grand Canyon.”
November 29, 2009 at 7:23 pm
eric
did you just rock a Jimmy Buffett reference?
I did. Shh, don’t tell anyone.
November 29, 2009 at 7:52 pm
ben
Isn’t it more of an awesomeness of John Muir thing?
And couldn’t you, like, create an “awesomeness of TR” category if you really wanted? Surely ari doesn’t grip the reins that tightly.
November 29, 2009 at 7:56 pm
eric
Isn’t it more of an awesomeness of John Muir thing?
No.
couldn’t you, like, create an “awesomeness of TR” category if you really wanted?
Yes.
November 29, 2009 at 7:57 pm
ben
Man, eric, why you are you so short with me alla time?
November 30, 2009 at 7:56 am
eric
It’s not you, it’s me.
November 30, 2009 at 10:19 am
dave
He means, it’s you. Just move on…
November 30, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Linkmeister
Wouldn’t the Canyon be more of an awesomeness of John Wesley Powell thing?