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How does Glacier’s 2026 farewell feel?, home

florida yard landscape
Palm tress trimmed. Mulch being sprayed as we speak. Yee-haw!

How does Glacier’s 2026 farewell feel home-wise?

Also a non-event.

We buttoned-up our home in a way we haven’t been able to do, so well, in years.

We rocked our pre-Glacier departure prep.

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Here’s how Glacier 2026 played out, home

woman shaking dog's paw
Not gonna lie, it was kinda emotional to leave Hunter (shaking) and Goldie. May never see them again. Iconic fixtures at Glacier Park Lodge’s front door and adjacent lawn.

Here’s how Glacier 2026 played out home-wise…

Two stress-relieving scenarios:

  1. Kept an eye on the weather-app-tropics. Nothing came close to materializing.
  2. Our Son is at home and can handle whatever comes. Nothing did.

Had an unusually strong desire for “can’t wait to get home”.

Usually, the desire to come home is mild. Kinda like, “Glacier has been amazing (again, per usual), it’s probably time to head home”.

Note: This 2026 summer’s 31-day visit is the shortest visit in years. We normally stay two, or even three months.

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Here’s what i envisioned Glacier 2026 to be, home

Sunrise in the St Mary Valley.
22-second video: Divide Creek and Divide Mountain. This used to be my cell-signal hotspot for work stuff. Now there’s no work stuff. Lovin’ it!

Here’s what i envisioned Glacier 2026 to be home-wise…

Chapin is living at home and i didn’t worry (like is customary) about our Walt Disney World homestead.

Note: Kept a daily eye on the tropics through the Weather App.

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September 1st 2026, home

four seniors posing in a Glacier Park Lodge
Special friends. Special 2026 Pixar movies, Hoppers and Toy Story 5.

Back home from Glacier, a week now.

Have some powerfully reflective posts to create for posterity. Here’s this week’s lineup:

  1. What’s next?
  2. Here’s what i envisioned Glacier 2026 to be
  3. Here’s how Glacier 2026 played out
  4. How does Glacier’s 2026 farewell feel?
  5. What’s next for Glacier?
  6. Glacier 2026 highlights
  7. Glacier 2026 regrets (if any)

6. Glacier 2026 highlights…

Freedom. Closure. Gratitude.

7. Glacier 2026 regrets (if any)…

None.

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Disney retirement 12th anniversary, home

Glacier National Park
Retirement can inspire a vision for a life of leisure and epic travels. We started doing this well before retirement. Now we hope to turn pro. Photo: Late September solo trip to “The Boathouse” on Lake McDonald with The Continental Divide near sunset.

Two ongoing and consuming 2026 priorities:

  1. Recover from devastating 2026 freeze damage. (done)
  2. Finish purging a lifetime of Disney stuff.

Then, or perhaps concurrently, daydream and brainstorm how we want to spend our newly-minted, fixed-income freedom.

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