Wow. Like many of you, there are lots of places that speak to me.
Lake McArthur in Yoho National Park in Canada.
as well as all the lakes in the Lake O’Hara Region.
Sausalito (we lived for a while in a houseboat in Richardson Bay with beautiful views including of Mt. Tamalpais in the distance).
Our home. We live on the bank of a river surrounded by conservation land and a horse farm. This is a panoramic view from our backyard in the spring.
Half Dome. I proposed to ShawWife on top of Half Dome.
In our house, I love the scene from my office – it overlooks the river in two directions and a horse farm in the third. We have a room downstairs with four skylights and glass on two sides and ShawWife calls it the Happy Room.
I have asked my wife and kids to scatter my ashes in places I loved and that they can visit. I think they will have to pass on Half Dome (there is now a lottery to get up there and they would blow away). Maybe somewhere in Yosemite Valley. I don’t want a grave in a cemetery that no one will visit.