I am reminded of this classic.

Vangelis is always good–just not in the morning!

With regard to long open vistas–I am a convert. As a young person I loved looking out over the Pacific Ocean, but I did not see that as a “view”. I thought a view was something like Half Dome in Yosemite, a view out over the tops of a mountain range, or the Grand Canyon. It had to have vertical elements to be considered a “view”. Most importantly, I hated the prairie–the long, flat, dry grass that goes on for miles. “Nothing to see,” I thought. But then we moved to West Texas for two years, and I was forced to reconsider those long, open spaces. I got so that I was not uncomfortable with them. Many of my neighbors loved the open flat land–the long view.
One of the women in my church said, “you can see the bad guys coming a long time before they arrive.” Cute, I thought. Not yet having experienced the sensation of safety and the calm that she was describing.

Then we came home to Montana, there is a place here on the front of the Great Divide where you can stand and look out for about three hundred miles. Straight, flat, wide open, and silent. At first the silence bothered me, but now I hear it as a friend. And, it is comforting to know that I can see the bad guys coming. . . ” I am at peace with the long, open, flat, and honest vistas!

I can’t find the perfect picture from that view point, but here are two that might explain why they call Montana “The Big Sky Country”. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/6614730679529312/

https://www.bigskyfishing.com/Photo-Gallery/MontanaMountainPicturesGal/mountain-gallery2-1.php

Enjoy!