ABS, Again

Blah, blah, blah; yutta, yutta, yutta; ho hum. Ok, enough already. I get it, the sunrises from Treble Cone are absolutely gorgeous and the scenery from town is stunning even on the worst of days. I mean seriously, the beauty of the natural environment here really does get monotonous after a while.

I have a friend who grew up on a lake in Minnesota and lived most of his adult life on the coast before moving to Santa Fe several years ago. When we first met he explained to me that he had been reticent about living in the high desert of New Mexico because he thought the landscape would bore him compared to the ever-changing views on the shore or the lakeside. What he found was that the quality of the air and the sunlight in the high altitude mountainous desert meant that the views of the landscape around his home changed every minute of every day, just as on the water, and that it never got old for him. Here in the Southern Alps it's much the same. The biggest problem is deciding whether to take photos and with whom to share them.

Here are a couple of photos I took this past Friday from Wanaka and on a recent morning from Treble Cone. Please understand that no photo can adequately capture the scope and beauty of the place. I hope you enjoy them nonetheless, '"another bloody sunrise".