Author: jeff noel

Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.

Day 4 East Glacier, mind

Overturned car on highway
First day last year. Driving Highway 2 to East Glacier on the way to SwiftCurrent Valley.

.think .differently

Emotion trumps everything.

Reminds me i’m not offering (selling?) world-class customer service architecture. Even though it seems so.

What then?

Reminds me i’m offering (selling?) world-class hope architecture. Even though it doesn’t seem so.

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Day 3 East Glacier, mind

Person standing in front of a stonewall
Decent accolades across the top.

Depart home at 6:30am.

Wheels-up at 10:00am.

On to Denver with a generous layover, thankfully.

Then to Kalispell.

Secure the Mini Van.

Visit the storage unit to grab a few things.

Drive 90-ish minutes to East Glacier.

Check in two days ‘late’.

(Thus making day three the third paid Glacier day, but the first day physically with feet on the ground. Just gonna roll with it.)

Have dinner and a beer at the lobby lounge.

Enjoy a mountain sleep.

Note: Paid for the previous two nights because i was past the refundable cancellation window. And, it helped ensure i wouldn’t lose the room, which is reserved for a week.

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Day 2 East Glacier, mind

Disney parking lot
HeiHei (hey-hey) is a fun name for a Disney parking lot section.
11-second video: Family had plans to go to Epcot after dropping me at the airport yesterday. Due to the CloudStrike induced cancellation, i got to go to Epcot too. Cheryl and i enjoyed Spaceship Earth on our way out to HeiHei 107.

One of the most important lessons i learned decades ago is that it’s not what happens to us, it’s how we respond to what happens to us.

This may have been growth mindset’s acorn, before anybody knew what growth mindset was.

These days, my growth mindset is a mighty Oak.

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July 20 Wheels up to Glacier Day 1, mind

National Park webcam screen shot
Fire season has officially started, mid-July 2024. Continental Divide is hidden by wildfire smoke.

The day has finally arrived.

Heading to Glacier today.

Leaving the house at 6:30am for a 10:00am flight.

Well, that was the plan anyway.

But…

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July 19 Countdown to Glacier, mind

mountains with baby Yoda toy
Been to this place once. Bishops Cap is just behind Mount Gould (far left). Note: This spot is East of the insanely popular Grinnell Glacier overlook. Few ever reach here.

Bags packed.

Everything we need is already in Glacier in our storage unit that we initiated last fall.

Decent plane seats.

Tomorrow’s travel schedule allows a much longer layover time. This is a huge improvement. Have always hated 50-60 minute layovers.

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