Category: Glacier National Park

First missed celebration since 1982

  • Rode bicycle and walked. Landed here. 
  • Yesterdays first photo inside Magic Kingdom. Last visit was day before flying to Glacier six weeks ago. 
  • Super cool/Magical design.
Walt Disney World October 2021.

When i started on January 25, 1982, we were still conducting WDW’s Tencennial Celebration. Have physically been here for every five-year anniversary since (15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and 45).  

Missing the 50th seemed impossible to accept. Seemed like something i shouldn’t miss. 

Wisdom teaches you life goes on after you leave. Some of the streaks and traditions in your life either have a shelf life or it’s something that can actually be modified to suit your place in life. 

That said, looking forward to celebrating 50 years for the next 15-18 months. 

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One day and then

  • Yesterday.
  • Yesterday, Glacier International Airport is doubling in size.
  • Today.
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One full day, today, and then off to Maryland for Parents Weekend. 

Having prioritized priorities and simple, scalable structure and processes at home makes this transition fun and exciting.

Happy present moment. 

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Annoyingly organized

  • This brand new sign replaces the old “hiking prohibited past this sign” sign. 
  • Mt Cannon (top) is a big mountain. 
  • McDonald Creek is down to a trickle in early October.
Glacier National Park 2021.
10-second video: The plan from Logan Pass was to beeline it to West Glacier. Never happened. The Grizzly sighting less than a minute after leaving the Pass parking lot changed everything.

Annoying confident are the folks who for a variety of reasons, exude a vibe, a karma, even an expectation that good things are going to consistently happen. 

These same people have assuredly placed their hands on the firey-hot gates of hell. 

They have learned too much about hell to ever get close again. 

In fact, they are warriors against negativity, impatience, and anger. 

They walk confidently. 

In an ideal world, they also walk humbly. 

Observing the humble ones, they just look annoyingly confident.  

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Half of my home town

  • The wilderness has always felt like home. 
  • The only life form you’ll find fossilized in Glacier’s mountains is Stromatolites. Why? It was shallow ocean bottom before there was enough oxygen to support a second form of life.
  • Think of it as fossilized algae.
  • Something like 1.4 billion years ago, the plates collided/overlapped. 
  • Late afternoon, two Glacier zealots (crazy ones) began their descent back to Siyeh Bend. i bet Jody a dollar ours would be the only car there. Correct-da-mundo. 
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Half of my hometown thinks one way. The other half thinks the opposite. 

It’s the same in your hometown. 

The world is full of opposites. 

Contrast.

Oxygen. Carbon dioxide.

Fire. Water.

Flood. Drought.

Zealots. Conformists.

Gratitude. Bitterness. 

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Scarcity creates value

  • A side rarely seen. Mt Reynolds. 
  • Gorgeous drainage basin. Only visible from this angle while out on the Reynolds Catwalk. 
  • Drainage basin.
  • Garden Wall and Continental Divide from Reynolds Catwalk.
  • Wild Goose Island (center). A picture of it from this angle is rare. 
  • Driving down from Logan Pass and Reynolds Catwalk hike.
  • After a long day, it’s nice to have a safe, clean, and affordable place to sleep. Belton Chalet.
Glacier National Park 2021.

Scarcity creates value. 

Diamonds, for example. Or trust. 

Gifted Jody Maberry with an exceptionally rare hike yesterday (October 2).

Why?

Jody appreciates the art of seeing and .thinking .differently 

Who doesn’t appreciate being appreciated. 

(and remember to have fun, it’s a jungle out there)

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