Glacier – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Half a year away

two blue backpacks on floor — June 2020. Didn’t know i’d cancel three consecutive months during Covid’s initial Summer season. These two backpacks sat in waiting for nearly 90 days.

Glacier is calling and i must go.
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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

WDW Day 1 – Back Home, home

10-second video: First walk at home in five weeks. Five days after Ian and the water is the strongest i’ve seen in 30 years at this exact spot.

10-second video: Erosion is ~~rare~~ non-exisistant here. Until Ian.

airport boarding area — Saved this photo for last today. Why? Because it is a situation that momentarily caused decent concern about not being able to get home last night.

About 50 of us boarded the plane and filled the jetway. We waited for a long time. Eventually, instructed to return to terminal gate. Something about a malfunctioning door was the rumor.

Yesterday’s posts highlighted how smooth the travel day was. And i shared that 2022 has been a ‘harrowing” travel year.

Almost like deja vu (the harrowing part).

And then hope was restored.

Our plane re-boarded and off we went.

Arrived Orlando before midnight.

Arrived home near 1:00 AM.

Today has been slow and steady adjustment back to Florida living.

Jet-lagged.

Lots of Hurricane Ian cleanup.

Blessed beyond measure.

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GNP Day 59, home

First class airfare lunch — 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.

Airport gate map — 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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GNP Day 58, home

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.

Mountains and lake — Can you see Saint Mary?

Mountain cabin porch — St Mary Lake in the distance.

Mountains — 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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GNP Day 57, home

16-second video: It’s like this everywhere. Profuse color.

Apple Watch in front of trail head sign — A casual hike. Saw 10 people over 10 miles and five hours on the trail.

Post office website operating hours — 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…

Still getting emails that backups are failing. Even after repeated GoDaddy assurances everything is fine…

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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