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Rocky Mountain Veneration~ By Linda Imbler   I have stood next to the Rockies, and they are grand, but the most illuminating and awe-inspiring view is from the air. A perspective lending the greatest respect for the power and lift of what doesn’t breath. Cragged they are, steep-sloped in places, with graded roads at the less precipitous sections. I am awestruck, by the way they cluster, like vertebrae on a backbone. I examine the long-distanced, ribboned trails upon which many hike. I find praise for rivers and lakes, grasses, trees, all on display, waiting to be admired. I marvel at snow starting at the peaks and showering its way down the slopes, formed within frigid air I can only imagine from my warm airline seat. I take it all in as we hurtle by. This natural landform which will lie upon the ground through all time. Surely the eagles and gods appreciate the view as much as I.