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One Million acres, home

Mountains — Gunsight Mountain, center. Sperry Chalet tucked in there nicely.

13-second video: October is a dramatic transition from GNP open and closed. Snow will close the Pass soon. When the Pass closes, the road closes.

Apple Watch fitness app — One-way mileage from Apgar.

15-second video: Video shot from off the beaten path.

Man on a stage selfie and audience — Oktoberfest in Whitefish, Montana, with Steve and Stacy, Dr Greg’s son-in-law. There’s more to this photo and will save it for later.

Glacier’s one-million acres is a spec inside Big Sky Country’s ethos.

And yet, Glacier might be Big Sky Country’s HQ.

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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.

Glacier surprises, home

Stop sign in street signs — Funny how things line up sometimes. Random? Intentional? Does it matter? Does anyone else think about stuff like this?

Talent show poster — The ‘Montana’s Got Talent’ MC announced this when we attended ‘The North Country Ramble’ at Glacier Park Lodge.

Karma is in the eye of the beholder. As a cyclist, this is karma to me, in the weirdest sort of way. Cool stuff.

Cafe trivia screen — Dinner down at Big Fork Brewery overlooking Flathead Lake.

A priority can be as uncommonly artistic as prioritizing the present moment over tomorrow.

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McDonald Creek, home

14-second video: i do not watch much TV. However, the VP debate got added to my calendar.

This post is a the exact same content as lane8.org today, but in reverse order and substituting the word ‘talk’ for the original word ‘water’:

Talk is cool.

Talk is a tool.

Talk is functional.

Talk is life-sustaining.

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Allergic to cold, home

Apple iOS update screen — Updated to iOS 18 this morning.

Apple Hikes and routes screen — Apple is, it seems to me, trying to make All Trails irrelevant.

Restaurant vision board on a wall — At dinner last night, i walked around the restaurant. This poster is in a side station, in view from ‘onstage’.

Me and Cheryl, we believe!

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Wait, you’re still in Glacier?, home

small town brick buildings with a mannequin — An iconic Main Street Kalispell, Montana feature. We always check to see if it’s still there.

newsroom building with window sign — Been reading the daily digital editions for years. In 2024, they abandoned print delivery. It was fun to actually see where their physical office is. It’s not far from the repelling ‘mountaineer ‘ on the brick Main Street building.

Disney's Stitch decal on truck — Could have easily missed this decal in the Grocery Store parking lot.

So much normalcy has been (appropriately) revealed as we spend much more time ‘in town’, far away from Glacier’s Lodges and trails.

There is nothing special, to me, about this region if you are landlocked to your street, your grocery store, and your daily routine.

People fly from all over the world to visit. Which is pretty flattering to locals. The tourists leave soon thereafter.

But if you aren’t on vacation, you likely will avoid the crowds (and drive). This then becomes a habit and a ritual.

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