Tag: Glacier

Soon and very soon, we are going to…

Glacier National Park trail
Look closely. Center, a solitary Big Horn Sheep, still in his overnight resting spot.

 

solitude hiker
Grinnell Glacier Overlook is empty except for the photographer (me) and this guy (my college buddy Howard).

 

The Loop Trail
There’s a four-mile descent from Granite Park Chalet that cuts through an area once covered with trees – burned from a massive forest fire.

 

Soon and very soon, we are going to…

Glacier National Park.

Sample itinerary for trip number four (of five) this Summer.

Sat: Arrive 1pm, grocery stop, check-in Apgar Village Lodge Cabin, early dinner next door, hour-drive to Logan Pass, 3-mile hike Hidden Lake Trail, return to Apgar.

Sun: 6am scenic sunrise drive 2.5 hours on Going-to-theSun Road to Many Glacier Hotel (breakfast in cabin or car), two boat shuttles to trail head, hike Grinnell Glacier Trail, lunch there, hike down for 515pm boat shuttle back, dinner at Many Glacier or Rising Sun, drive to Apgar cabin.

Mon: 6am 1-hour drive to park at Logan Pass, hike Highline Trail 7 miles, lunch on trail, checkin at Granite Park Chalet, dinner, relax and enjoy.

Tues: breakfast at Granite, 7am-ish sunrise hike to Grinnell Glacier Overlook, lunch there, return to Granite whenever, dinner at Granite, relax & enjoy.

Wed: breakfast at Granite, hike to Swiftcurrent Pass and/or Swiftcurrent lookout (highest lookout in GNP at 8,400′), lunch there, hike back whenever, dinner at Granite, relax & enjoy.

Thur: breakfast at Granite, relax & enjoy, optional hike to Overlook or Lookout, lunch wherever, checkout, hike back to Logan Pass or hike down to The Loop (4 miles), shuttle to Pass, eventually drive 1-hour back down to Apgar, dinner at Eddies or Cabin, ice cream at Eddies, relax & enjoy.

Fri: Weather backup day for Sun itinerary (above), or optionl repeat of Sunday, or 6am 1-hour drive to Logan Pass, Mt Oberlin Trail  2.1 miles, 767’ gain, summit at 8180’, 360 views.

Sat: 6am 1 hour drive to Logan Pass, hike 7 miles Highline Trail to Granite Park Chalet (lunch on trail), checkin, relax & enjoy, dinner at Granite.

Sun: breakfast at Granite, morning open, hike back to Logan Pass, or down to The Loop & shuttle up to Pass for car. Hang at Pass, drive 1 hour back to Apgar, dinner in Cabin or Eddies, relax & enjoy.

Mon: 315am drive 45 mins to airport, catch 6 or 7am flight  home.

 

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Give a month at least to this precious reserve

Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park’s lasting impression on John Muir (known as the Father of America’s National Parks) 125 years ago.

 

Give a month at least to this precious reserve. The time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will indefinitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal. Nevermore will time seem short or long, and cares will never again fall heavily on you, but gently and kindly as gifts from heaven. – John Muir, on his first visit to Glacier National Park in the early 1890s

 

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The first “sober” New Years Eve happened in 2001

Highline Trail
The best hike of my entire life happened August 31, 2016 with Dave Weir – Highline Trail in Glacier National Park. It happened 3 more times in 2017 on the same trail – with Family July 31, Howard Doran August 30, and solo September 29…pictured here. 
Highline Trail
September 29, 2017 the trail was deserted.
Orlando Disney Keynote Speakers
Smiling because i’m free, yet knowing the devil is always wanting a piece of me,
Highline Trail
Fall colors from shrubs and trees, not flowers, this time of year.
Highline Trail
Remnant smoke from the 2017 Sprague fire.

The first “sober” New Years Eve happened in 2001.

i intentionally picked December 30 to be my final drinking day, so that New Years Eve (the biggest drinking day in the world) would be the beginning of my resolve.

New Years Day is a terrible day to begin transformational change – it’s so unreliable.

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Reach out to Glacier

Glacier National Park
Looking forward to four trips scheduled Summer 2018.

 

Note to self:

Reach out to Glacier National Park Conservancy and offer your Community Services Programs.

And in particular, reach out to Doug Mitchell, their Executive Director.

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October 1, 2017 and top of mind thoughts this morning

Boat House on Lake McDonald
Short walk to the beach, only 24 hours ago.

 

Boat House on Lake McDonald
Clouds make the same view different and generally drive a weather change.

 

Boat House on Lake McDonald
Fires still going, since August 10. Temperatures dropped 25 degrees yesterday.

 

Boat House on Lake McDonald
Loved the Boat House. The house handbook.

 

Boat House on Lake McDonald
Even the short walk, i carried Bear spray. Odds are so small, but not zero. Kinda like a seatbelt.

 

October 1, 2017 and top of mind thoughts this morning are:

  1. Slept two and a half hours past normal wakeup until 7:20am. Rare.
  2. Remember swearing years ago i’d never take a late flight home from Glacier. Did it last night. Rare. “Desperate”.
  3. Trip was “too short”.
  4. While it was tempting to feel remorseful for having to leave, i had to work harder than normal (but not very long…maybe 10 seconds) to channel my energy into being so incredibly blessed to have had this opportunity.
  5. Happy 46th birthday Walt Disney World and Magic Kingdom.
  6. Happy 35th birthday Epcot.
  7. Looking forward to opening a box today at Epcot – sent from China.
  8. Leaning more heavily toward spending double the time at Glacier next Summer. Four-plus weeks instead of two-plus weeks.
  9. Spent more time (still a drop in the bucket compared to heavy users) on Facebook since i am posting Glacier photos and videos.
  10. Getting closer to making a decision on a post to share how the real battle from the onlookers isn’t with politics, it’s with the CEO of their life.
  11. The reality of my 10-year goal to do everthing i want to do before time is up – i only have one more Summer – June 8, 2019 is the “deadline”.
  12. i wonder what older members of my Family want, if anything, from me.

Writing is good for my health.

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