Category: Glacier National Park

Beauty of no expiration date

Disney leadership speaker jeff noel with his wife
We share 66 years of Disney Service and Leadership. Today we start an adventure new to us.

Growth mindset has no expiration date. 

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No-brainer mindset?

Pixar Lucas toys near a kitchen
Just before leaving Sperry Chalet yesterday. Logan is the great grandson of the folks who bought (and saved) Sperry from the Great Northern Railway. GNRy in the 1950’s. 

A closed mindset is incompetence. 

A growth mindset is competence. 

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Convenience makes us and breaks us

Disney speaker jeff noel next to bent rocks
The rock bends (as malleable ocean bottom?) when it is young. Now, no way. 

Stargazing is a lost pastime. Reading the sky is a lost ability. Appreciating dark spaces is unimportant. 

Thinking self-reflective thoughts is a lost pastime. Reading our thoughts is a lost ability. Appreciating a growth mindset is unimportant. 

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What’s more important than addiction?

Hiking trail sign
Guess which one? The headliner? Yes. Sperry Glacier trail.
  • This awaits every breakfast diner.
  • Some diners “over-focus” on their name.
  • Some cooks over-focus on their pancake creations – hidden Mickey. Never asked, it was a surprise, and, a delight. Logan said the eggs/ham is Space Mountain.
  • Hitting the 3.3 mile uphill trail to Comeau Pass at 9am.
  • Took two hours to climb up three miles.
  • You have to hike a long way to get to this angle that doesn’t seem too far away.
  • The forces required to enable the landscape to bend – astonishing.
  • The birth of these mountains is mind-blowingly incomprehensible.
  • Human-made rock foot-bridge.
  • Iconic Comeau pass steps.
Sperry Glacier hike, September 6, 2021.

Something has to be more important than your addiction or you’ll remain addicted for life.

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This is gonna be good

Table with eight Glacier National Park stickers
September 4 and 5 are combined in today’s posts. The morning began with goodbyes to the 2021 Granite staff. Wrote five personal thank you’s and created simple thank you gift for each. Also included the full-time Facilities employee, Sky.
  • Love this place. Love the simplicity. Stacked the used linens for easy removal, and hopefully, a small, “wow”.
  • The 2021 Granite Park Chalet team. Morgan (front), Jean, Spencer, Logan.
  • Portrait photos are better suited for mobile viewing. Most don’t move their device to landscape in their hand.
  • McDonald Creek. Stopped on the drive to West Glacier. It was a first. It was Magical.
  • The Garden Wall from McDonald Creek.
September 4 review. This day was simply hiking down from Granite, driving to West Glacier Motel, and relaxing before hiking up to Sperry Chalet the next morning.
Rustic Mountain Lodge
Writing this from here. Now.

Saturday and Sunday. Labor Day weekend 2021. Covid-19 mask requirements, still. Hiked down from Granite Park Chalet mid-morning yesterday. Hung out at McDonald Creek. Drove back to West Glacier Motel, relaxed and got up early. Drove to Lake McDonald Lodge September 5 (today). Relaxing before sunrise. Writing (now) before the hike. Iconic Lake McDonald Lodge lobby. Grand fireplace. Sperry Chalet awaits. Two nights. Sleeping at 6,600’. Six miles deep and 3,400’ elevation gain. Reconnaissance. Love.

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