Category: Glacier National Park

GNP Day 56, mentally

Hurricane tracking graph
Awoke at 2:40 AM Mountain Time (4:40 AM at home). Definitely south of Orlando.

Relieved in the middle of the night. See photo above.

In addition to Ian being comfortably south of our home, i verified our home has power.

As a digital advocate, i have multiple ways to confirm things as if i was walking through and around our home.

This is a remarkable way to start the day.

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GNP Day 55, mentally

Call Log
Four calls yesterday.
Hurricane forecast graph
Still on track to go directly over our home.

Each morning starts with two important, and unwanted, focuses:

  1. Hurricane Ian update
  2. GoDaddy update

And for the first time in a week, the morning is relaxed. A break from hiking.

Why?

We drive six hours roundtrip to take the Graysons to the airport.

We are driving through Glacier one last time for them.

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GNP Day 54, mentally

Hurricane Ian path
First thing i check….Ian forecasted further South, with Orlando in its bullseye. Yesterday the window to fly home closed.
Go daddy technical update screenshot
Second thing i check. Not a dupe photo. New photo from today. Sumpden ain’t right.
iPhone phone call Screen Shot
Called from car as we departed cabin for Logan Pass. Kathy from GoDaddy knows i need a migration-progress update. She knows the call will drop. She knows i expect a voice message update if the call fails.
Four people at trail head
We surrender to Ian’s path. Here before sunrise. Eleventh car in the parking lot. Yee-haw!
16-second video: This is as lucky as it gets, as good as it gets, and as safe as it gets – for being on a trail.
5-second video: We watched for 30+ minutes, until this happened.

First world challenges:

  1. Approaching hurricane Ian. Projected to be category 4 or 5 at landfall.
  2. Major technical issue with server disk space. Disadvantaged with only an iPhone to self-diagnose and fix.
  3. Managing four people’s hiking hopes, abilities, and expectations.

Presence grounds me. Deep breaths. Deep thoughts. Deep prespective.

So remarkably blessed to see the big picture beside the noisy, chaotic real-life street show.

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GNP Day 53, mentally

6-second video: It’s gonna be another great day.
24-second video: A seven-mile morning hike up (and back down) the hill. Narrative about yesterday’s Reynolds Catwalk.
Screenshot of Apple contact
Last night i renewed the Hosting account and simultaneously upgraded for double the Server Disk space. Expected the migration from one IP address to another to be done this morning. Called to get status update.

Called the hosting company. Logan assured me the migration is in progress. Will check on it tonight upon return from Grinnell Lake seven-miler.

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GNP Day 52, mentally

Mountains and lake
On the way to Logan Pass and Reynolds Catwalk.

At the parking lot by 7:10 AM. Maybe the 30th car. Parked at the far end, like always when given a choice. It’s 45 degrees and the impending sunrise should warm it up nicely.

Only a handful of people on Hidden Lake Overlook trail. Our plan is to visit the overlook and double back to the Reynolds climbing trail. The goal is to get Chuck some mileage and see some views.

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