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Rising Sun day 4, home

Glacier National Park
McDonald Creek in late September. Down to a trickle. Shallow, still, clear.
Glacier National Park
McDonald Creek in late September. The ‘low tide’ reveals how annual Summer snowmelt overpowers and carves the rocks.
Glacier National Park
Turning 90-degrees left from the above photo angles, Glacier offers a stunningly different view. Little Matterhorn’s jagged peak (from this angle). McDonald Creek rages in June through mid-July.

Like a broken record…

Sometimes i feel like the luckiest human alive.

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Rising Sun day 3, home

Glacier National Park
Mt Oberlin is my favorite peak. Oberlin is top center-left.
book in Glacier National Park
Cheryl’s Covid-19 (2020) masterpiece features Mt Oberlin. Photo taken from Granite Park Chalet.

With several days left in Glacier before flying home to Orlando, i do not plan to summit Oberlin.

Why?

Because after 36 summits, there’s nothing to prove nor gain from 37.

Ps. Our speed-limit drive time to Oberlin trailhead is under 25 minutes.

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Rising Sun day 2, home

Beach Sunflower
Beach Sunflower from a Sanibel Island trip years ago. Kinda like little ground-level petals of sunshine.
Glacier National Park
Heavenly rays of sunshine in Glacier National Park’s West side. Looking East toward Mt Oberlin.

When i ask myself, “When was the last time i saw the sunrise?, here’s my consistently hopeful, default answer…

Yesterday morning.

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Rising Sun day 1, home

Sanibel Island
Sanibel Island, 2018. Chapin wasn’t able to join us in Glacier this year (2026).
Sanibel Island
Sanibel Island’s Island Cow was one of our all-time favorites. It burned down in 2022.

Fifth rule in life: have fun, .think .differently, and lean into discomfort.

Bonus rule: Make being uncomfortable, comfortable.

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East Glacier day 12, home

Sanibel Island sunrise
Sanibel Island sunrise. Sanibel and Glacier have equally stunning sunrises and sunsets. Cheryl in lower right, maybe 2018.
Sanibel Island sunrise
Sanibel Island sunrise walks are a tradition. Shell searching. Soul searching.

Counting today’s two shipped boxes, we have shipped five UPS boxes home this trip.

And, we have donated to Park employees six three-drawer chests and assorted other hiking equipment, etc.

It feels freeing to shed, knowing the biggest shed is Summers in Glacier.

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