Easily 20 miles by trail from the last post’s location. As the crow flies, maybe two miles. Note: Same Continental Divide, different day and location.
What my family sees as routine (yet always special) is to a first-time family, breathtaking.
You cannot walk along the Continental Divide on the western side, near sunset, and not have your breath taken away by the altitude, solitude, and gratitude.
Impossible?
Unless your the Grinch.
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33-second video: June 1 isn’t the start of Summer, but it’s close enough. Clouds are different in Summer. Most are auditioning to be a thunderstorm.
Sanibel Island sunset from our annual Summer trip. Hurricane Ian destroyed the place. The owner is not rebuilding.
Booked next Summer’s National Park Lodges this morning at 2:00 AM.
Awoke at midnight Eastern Time and logged in to the Lodging site only to realize it opens at midnight Mountain Time.
Sleep was interrupted twice.
Per usual, within minutes there are only crumbs of Lodge availability.
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Wasn’t expecting a nice lunch. Our travel day is looking smooth. An hour layover in Dallas. A two-minute walk between gates. Air travel in 2022 has been harrowing. This smooth sailing is such a blessing.
This literally never happens. It is a nice way to transition to home.
Today is our bi-annual homeowner’s meeting. It’s happening now, as we fly home and i type this post.
There a saying that goes something like this, ”If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything.”
Seems reasonable.
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9-second video: The owners are opening up their hilltop home to us for a sunset viewing.4-second video: You cannot believe what is happening here.14-second video: A ”pinch yourself” experience.11-second video: We drove across the center of thousands of acres. All owned by an enterprising couple. They passed it on to their children. Terry is married to one of them. He’s touring us in his ATV.7-second video: Unable to articulate how we got a tour of this brand new cabin.
Can you see Saint Mary?
Now can you see it?
St Mary Lake in the distance.
Yes, from the owner’s porch.
Flying home to Walt Disney World tomorrow.
To return to my two favorite places in the world, peacefully excited.
To leave my (three-way tie for third) third favorite place in the world, peacefully satisfied.
Sharing private info, not recommended for most people.
Sharing what you want to share to leave a trail for your children/family, do what you want. Pay attention to advice, but ultimately let your prioritized priorities guide your choices.
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16-second video: It’s like this everywhere. Profuse color.
A casual hike. Saw 10 people over 10 miles and five hours on the trail.
Stopped on the way back to cabin after our 10-miler.
Two boxes of stuff mailed home today. Babb is 10 minutes away. The closest UPS Store is two+ hours away. And two+ hours back. Babb is the smallest town i’ve ever seen. But they have a Post Office.
GoDaddy malfunctions.
In the days leading up to the first call and $5,000 Hosting plan renewal and subsequent upgrade, i was thrown off center.
Unable to add photos and videos to the five daily blog posts. The temporary solution is one i’ve used before. In the absence of wifi, i simply use Apple’s iPhone Notes App. Upon return to Orlando and solid wifi, the long and time-consuming process to transfer everything to WordPress admin….photo of text exchange before today’s hike…
6:29 AM
6:47 AM
Still getting emails that backups are failing. Even after repeated GoDaddy assurances everything is fine…
6:03 AM
It is not lost on me that anyone in Ukraine would gladly trade places with me and my first-world ’problems’.
Note: Today Putin had an official declaration and celebration of claiming four Ukrainian regions as Russian territory.
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