"WOW" things that actually did make you go "WOW"

When my wife-to-be entered the church and I saw her in her for the 1st time on our wedding day….

the pyramids
crater lake, oregon
flying over greenland
walking in a live crater on mt etna
the veiled christ in the capella san severo, naples
venice
pompeii
the roof of the chiesa di sant’ignazio di loyola, rome
ice cream from stewart tower ice creamery, near bankfoot on the a9
shinty
dundee united winning the scottish cup
ducati 916
100 miles on a ducati 916 without an electrical fault
the italian chapel on lamb holm, orkney
the way the dog develops a limp when it gets shouted at for stealing food
how quickly the limp disappears when a frisbee appears
white tailed sea eagles
nou camp
san francisco cable cars
hms port napier
pretty much any of david attenborough’s work

Sagrada Familia.

Too many people, rubbish queuing system, Barcelona smelling bad, at risk of collapse from nearby train tunnel excavations – and they haven’t even finished building it yet. But somehow still very wow.

The Columbian wife in Modern Family. W-O-W 😆

The Taj mahal at sunrise. Unexpectedly , totally overwhelming.

Everytime my toddler does something new 🙂

Birth of my daughters.
Coming home after work and being hugged by daughters.
Descending from Mt Ventoux (on road) behind a local, eye watering speed.
Walking into the Himalaya’s and being above the clouds and still surrounded by immense peaks.
Arriving in a different country.
Being super fit and flying in a race, when it feels effortless, knowing your onto a pb, riding or running. (sadly doesnt happen much!!)
Riding at night alone off road, again anywhere.
Having time off work.

Ooooh….

Waking up in the Ice Hotel
Seeing the sunrise on a sailing yacht in the middle of the Atlantic
Snorkelling with manta rays / whale shark
Flying over the Maldives in a sea plane
Skydiving from 13,500 feet up

Manchester City winning the Premier League last year.

After I had turned off my phone and given up because we were 2:1 down to QPR
And them winning the FA cup the year before.
When you have supported them for 45 years – and they have been rubbish for abot 38 of them, you do go wow!

Sex for the first time……. now = meh!

When my wife-to-be entered the church and I saw her in her for the 1st time on our wedding day…

You hadn’t seen your wife before your wedding day? 😕

If we are talking about doing things rather than seeing things, then I’d like to add XC skiing through Finnish forests.

Lance Armstrong winning an amazing 7th Tour .

What’s up have I missed something ? 😉

Seeing a rocket launch first-hand (in Florida a few years ago). I don’t have the words to convey just how amazing that was.

Shuttle launch 2002, viewed from a pier at Titusville.

Seeing Otters in the sea at Glenelg last week whilst on holiday, then seeing an Otter in the river 5mins from my home on Tuesday morning! 😀

Seeing all our possessions in the back of a single lorry when we moved house the other week.

“Wow, how did we end up with so much crap.”

When I first saw my baby ,
and double wow! ,it was a boy! ( for some reason I was certain we were having a girl)

If we are talking about doing things rather than seeing things, then I’d like to add XC skiing through Finnish forests.

You should try it in Yellowstone 😉 The other one I didn’t mention about that is coming back in the dusk and hearing the wolves howling in the woods (mrs aracer does now smile when I suggest that I wasn’t worried as I can ski faster than her 😈 )

Seeing all our possessions in the back of a single lorry when we moved house the other week.

Did you dilly and dally on they way?

You should try it in Yellowstone

Yeah well given the chance to go there in winter I most certainly would! not sure the trails would be particularly quick though.. but maybe they get flattened down by snowmobiles 🙂

There’s a fair amount of prepared trails there – though not necessarily up to scandi standards (the skiing certainly isn’t the best I’ve ever done, but the setting more than makes up for that). We also had a few days with http://yellowstoneexpeditions.com/ which was mostly off-track stuff – not quick, but good in a different way.