© Stephanie Glaser 2003
To be honest, the ocean is zen to me. It’s where I’d most love to be. However, mountains aren’t a bad substitute. I live in Colorado with some pretty spectacular peaks. In fact, as a teacher, every year I had my students write about the mountains that we often take for granted.
The above photo I took in Telluride, Colorado, USA. Before we had kids, Kurt and I would choose a new place in Colorado every fall to go and check out the Aspens.
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Aspen, CO, USA.
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Aspen, CO, USA.
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The Continental Divide, CO, USA.
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Crested Butte, CO, USA.
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Crested Butte, CO, USA.
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Mt. Princeton, Chaffee County, CO, USA. Here I am with my friend Columbine and my brother-in-law Jason. We had just crossed a pretty harrowing stretch of this “Fourteener” (a mountain at least 14,000 ft high).
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Summit of Mt. Princeton, Chaffee County, CO, USA. Here is the view from more than 14,000 ft.
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Keystone, CO, USA.
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The Collegiate Peaks from Big Horn Sheep Canon, CO, USA.
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Monarch Pass, CO, USA.
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Monarch Mountain, CO, USA.
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Monarch Mountain, CO, USA
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Monarch Mountain, CO, USA.
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Mt. Shavano, CO, USA.
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Collegiate Peaks, Chaffee Co., CO, USA.
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Monarch Mountain, CO, USA.
Travel Oops 
Maybe living by the ocean with the mountains behind would be the ideal? I think that would work for me 🙂 xxx
Me too! That sounds like Vancouver, BC!
Vancouver is on my list! I’d love to see the Canadian Rockies as well.
Lottie — I’m on the same wavelength! In Bali the volcanic mountains in the backdrop of Sanur’s beaches work well for me….you probably know of even more stunning beach/mountain vistas. Thanks for the comment xxxxxx 🙂
Great pictures, I like the first one with flowers. I love mountains. 🙂
I love mountains, too, and I really notice when I’m somewhere flat. It feels like something is missing! Thanks so much for the comment!
What Lottie said!
Another great photo series Steph.
Thanks, Hayley! I’m noticing that I have a tendency to take photos over and over of certain subjects (it’s turned out to be a good thing since it works well to post in a theme series.) What great foresight I’ve had! 🙂
So beautiful!
It almost feels like cheating when taking pictures of mountains (or the beach) since they are so pretty, it’s easy to get decent photos! 🙂
Beautiful pictures Steph! Love the ones you took in the year 2000. Great color and contrast. You shot them in film?
Thank you, Uday — You saying this is is a huge compliment for me! I did shoot the 2000 photos in film. I must admit, however, that I tweaked the shadow and saturation levels in iPhoto. Thanks again for the kind words! 🙂
I wouldn’t want to decide between ocean and mountains. The ocean is zen, that’s true. Though mountains can be pretty zen too; even in a much more varied way than the sea (I am no relaxed diver 😉 ). I really like the snowy Monarch Mountain.
Very true, Anja — my husband, Kurt, definitely gets his zen from the variation of the mountains and I always take pause when I look at the beautiful peaks of CO — they are all quite different. I really get my “chi” balanced with the ocean — maybe it’s because I know there’s another place to visit on the other side. I hear you, however, about actually being in the ocean. 🙂 Thanks for the comment!
Superb Pics 🙂
Thank you, Harshit! I’m lucky that I’ve had such beautiful subject matter! Cheers.
Great photos! We visited Colorado last summer and were very impressed with its natural beauty. I’d certainly go back and meander a lot longer.
Gorgeous ❤
Yes! And you’ve seen these mountains — so glad you know what I’m talking about. Hope all is well in Europe 🙂
These are spectacular!
Thanks, Nia — it is crazy that most of these mountains shots are either from just driving around Colorado to going skiing 20 minutes from my house. I’m a bit spoiled in that way. Thanks for the comment!