International Mountain Day

When we left California for Utah I gave up living near the ocean and got to live in the sight and shadows of mountains. In Utah it was the Wasatch and in Wyoming it was the Tetons. I forget the majestic presence of them when I have been away for awhile. From where I live now I can see the Superstition Mountains and love the red rocky beauty of them too.

The UN has designated December 11th International Mountain Day. I learned this from NationalDayCalendar.com. From that website I got the following information...

In 1992, the UN held the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD). As part of the CSD, the UN adopted a document called "Managing Fragile Ecosystems: Sustainable Mountain Development." Due to the emphasis on the importance of mountains, the UN declared 2002 the UN International Year of Mountains. In 2003, the United Nations General Assembly designated December 11th as International Mountain Day.

I am sharing here one of my favorite images. I took this on the shores of Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park. What you see is the view across the lake to Mount Moran. I found it so soul soothing to be in a place like this. You discover you are such a small inconsequential bit on the face of the earth but that is okay if you get to spend some of your life looking at scenes like this one. 

Have you ever had an experience where you felt small in the midst of nature but it felt peaceful and good? Please share...

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