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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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.
Last year, 2022, replaced the right (bigger) day pack with an identical-size daypack as the left.
Glacier is calling and i must go.
dad
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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.
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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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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