San Gabriel Mountains

Whenever there's a race at Santa Anita or a game at the Rose Bowl, in the distance are the San Gabriel Mountains -- and I feel a little homesick. Our home in Pasadena faced the mountains to the north, and every time I came out the front door, there were the San Gabriels. Nothing like the mountains in the northwest, really, but these are the mountains I grew up seeing every morning -- and so I still feel something when I see them beyond the Rose Bowl or Santa Anita on a TV sports event.