The wild places, mind – Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker

man next to glacier — Me at Sperry Glacier, July 2023. Photo credit to a fellow Sperry Chalet Guest. Sperry Chalet is deep inside Glacier National Park. So is its sister Chalet, Granite Park Chalet. The next two photos are from Granite Park Chalet’s night sky. You don’t sleep on the ground at Granite, but it’s close…no electricity, no heat, no running water, no wifi nor cell signal, pit toilet, and you hike 1/2 mile roundtrip for your drinking/cooking water.

night sky with stars — Granite Park Chalet’s main building casts a faint, nearly invisible, nighttime silhouette.

night sky with stars and Milky Way — Saw the Milky Way for the first time from Granite Park Chalet.

Happy present moment.

Why do you love the wild places?

From an early age, nature and all of Pennsylvania’s wild things, bugs, flowers, birds, creek critters, fish – all of it mesmerized me.

Heard Dan Fogelberg’s song, The Wild Places, yesterday and was once again inspired by the final verse:

“When you sleep on the ground
With the stars in your face
You can feel the full length
Of the beauty and grace
In the wild places man
Is an unwelcome guest
But it’s here than I’m found
And it’s here I feel blessed”

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By jeff noel