Tag: Glacier

It’s not the Magic that makes it work

Granite Park Chalet
Goodnight sun.

 

Granite Park Chalet
Prelude to tomorrow morning’s hike.

 

Granite Park Chalet
Mr. Friendly, entertaining our next door neighbor.

 

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Write like you mean it.

 

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Office with a view.

 

Granite Park Chalet
Context.

 

Granite Park Chalet
More context.

 

Granite Park Chalet
Porte Cochere, um, front porch.

 

Granite Park Chalet
Perspective.

 

Granite Park Chalet
Our balcony.

 

Granite Park Chalet view
View from our balcony at dusk.

 

Granite Park Chalet
Looking West after sunset.

 

Granite Park Chalet
While sun was setting the four-person staff did a history of the Chalet presentation.

 

Granite Park Chalet
Decent sunset.

 

It’s not the Magic that makes it work…

It’s the work that makes it Magic.

i’m always working, even when it appears otherwise.

Most of it is “Backstage”, a term we use at Disney to describe everything the Guests can’t see.

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Chilling out taken to a new level

Grinnell Glacier Lake
Floating on a small iceberg.

 

Grinnell Glacier Lake
Context.

 

Grinnell Glacier Lake
More context.

 

Grinnell Glacier Lake
Stromatolites were the first life form on Earth 3.8 billion years ago on the ocean floor.

 

Stromatolites
Stromatolites were on the ocean floor. Hard to comprehend.

 

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Two guys with dreams remaining.

 

Grinnell Glacier Lake
Howard exemplifies Disney friendly.

 

Howard Doran
Yes, we are small in the big picture.

 

Grinnell Glacier Hike
In the center by the large pick boulder is a dark spot, a Grizzly Bear. On the right are two unaware hikers.

 

Grinnell Glacier Hike
On the descent.

 

Grinnell Glacier Hike
Getting closer to our boat shuttle back.

 

Grinnell Glacier Hike
Moose and calf.

 

Grinnell Glacier Hike
Wonderful moment.

 

Grinnell Glacier Hike
The real deal.

 

Grinnell Glacier Hike
Morning Eagle and the Moose to the left.

 

Grinnell Glacier Hike
Closeup of Grizzly from another passenger’s camera.

 

Grinnell Glacier Hike
Goodbye (for now) Grinnell Glacier trail.

 

Grinnell Glacier Hike
Many Glacier Hotel (and marina).

 

Grinnell Glacier Hike
Hung my iPhone out the side and snapped this.

 

The icebergs were small, but they were still icebergs. In a lake no less, not an ocean. Over a mile above sea level.

The couple that almost walked into the Grizzly sat next to us on the boat shuttle back to the hotel.

They were so shaken, they turned around and canceled their hike.

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Even without the stunning views it was beautiful

Logan Pass
Howard’s head blocked the whole point of this photo. And smoke blocked the rich mountain details.

 

Logan Pass
i thought it was funny when i saw i messed up the previous photo,

 

Logan Pass
Closeup.

 

Logan Pass
Late Summer and the seeds are prolific.

 

Logan Pass
Visitor Center quickly begins to fade away as we hike 1.5 miles up.

 

Logan Pass
A rare moment of sunshine.

 

Logan Pass
Have never witnessed smoke at Logan Pass. Going to the Sun Mountain is almost invisible.

 

Logan Pass
Hidden Lake Trail overlook. Try to visit without taking some photos. Dare ya.

 

Logan Pass
Eventually, we put our cameras back in our pockets.

 

Logan Pass
Descent.

 

Logan Pass
By 8:00 AM in the Summer, it’s full.

 

After dinner, we drove 20 minutes back up to Logan Pass for a three-mile (500′ elevation gain) warm-up hike.

The stunning views were nowhere to be found. i didn’t belabor it. Howard understood and i was grateful for that.

Being the only humans at the overlook, it was remarkably creepy.

Quiet, wild, and potentially vulnerable are understatements.

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Cop or a parent

Village Inn at Apgar
Claudette’s team cleans room that all have the same view.

 

Claudette, the Housekeeping manager at the Village Inn at Apgar, and i spoke several times during my two-night stay. Complimented her on her leadership and attention to details.

She said her job is like being a cop and a parent.

That’s exactly how to explain leadership in a layperson’s terms.

 

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With eyes wide open

Lake McDonald
From the room.

 

Pushing yourself, intentionally, literally has no ending point. We will eventually die and whether someone has to come in behind us to clean up after we’re gone will be the final exam.

Never much of an academic studier, i have evolved into an ambitious student of “life”.

Hoping to ace the final.

PS. The final test will come without warning for most of us. Now is the time to be ready. The best day to get started was 20 years ago. The second best day is today.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.