Category: Glacier National Park

Let’s head to the humans

31-second video: Now we know. Cool.

Truer words could not be spoken this day. You hear me at the video’s end saying, “Man, what a treat.”

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Random 2025 Glacier video, home

36-second video: For the first time, we see a second bear.

We assumed, hopefully, we’d eventually see two cubs. Seeing the first, its size wasn’t cute and cuddly ‘first-summer cub’ size. This second summer cub is nearing adult size.

Note: Couldn’t wait to tell the Ranger at the Chalet there are two sets of Grizzlies. Turned out we were the first to report all summer on the new, bigger-sized set. And, we have yet to spot the third Grizzly.

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Back to Glacier, home

20-second video: As far as anyone could safely go.
35-second video: On our descent. East-side tunnel by The Loop.
25-second video: Descent is officially over as we round the McDonald Creek curve (as i call it) and now it’s six miles of mostly flat road.

Live and learn.

Have fun.

.think .differently

Lean into discomfort.

Ps. Happy present moment.

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Prioritizing Glacier

New MacBook Air set up screen
Not ready yet, but this will be the first step.
Screenshot of text thread
Used voice dictation to send myself this text. The idea came into my consciousness. And i was afraid i would lose it if i didn’t capture it right away.

How do you prioritize Glacier?

(How would anyone?)

Easy.

Remember that 1973 National Boy Scout Jamboree in Idaho?

How can i not?

Impossible not to remember.

That’s why prioritizing Glacier is easy.

So easy.

Like breathing.

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Glacier 2025, home

six hikers sitting next to mountain lake
Tee-shirt hiking is our favorite. You can see the top of a glacier here. There are only 24 remaining. Only Jackson Glacier is visible from the 50-mile Going-to-the-Sun Road that cuts West to East though Glacier.
16-second video: One of my favorite, and most easily accessible hikes.

Nightly lodging is more than double from previous years.

There are a handful of factors that are coming together in 2025 that have me .thinking .differently about how to manage our Glacier love.

There’s also a ticking clock.

Even something as unexpected as an injury could dramatically change or prohibit future Glacier visits.

The question i’d like to avoid is, “Will i (we) regret not maximizing this years’s visits, even with the increased costs?”

Presently, we are healthy. i can see well. We have sufficient funds. We have discretionary time.

Blessed beyond measure to have this decision-making challenge.

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