It’s a saying for a reason

East Glacier from ridge
From this high ridge, looking west, you can see St Mary Lake and Two Dog Flats.

 

East Glacier from ridge
Zooming in and still looking west from high ridge. Rising Sun is located in the very center.

 

Two Medicine area
Two Medicine area.

 

Two Medicine Campground
Two Medicine Campground. Rare glimpse of photographer lower right.

 

The early bird gets the worm. You can get a lot done early before most people wake up. While others are crawling out of bed, you can be on the road to adventure. This applies to life, not just a conference.

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PS. 08.04 Thursday Leave @ 730am for Two Medicine…no dining available so we drove to East Glacier and the Glacier Park Lodge but they stopped breakfast at 10am and no lunch until 1130am, so we took Hwy 2 to Apgar and ate at Eddie’s, shopped. Hiked Hidden Lake trail. Dinner at Logan Pass of chips & salsa and cheese & crackers. Bear hunting at Two Dog Flats and saw about 30 elk at 815pm. Desserts at Rising Sun.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

Only a glimpse of amazing

Rising Sun Motor Inn room
He was 12 on his first Red Bus Tour. And almost 16 on his second yesterday.

 

It was 1973 and roughly 40 Scouts plus chaperones arrived at Glacier National Park early evening and checked into Swiftcurrent Motor Inn, had dinner and went to bed. After breakfast the next morning, we drove an hour around the southern Park border to Lake McDonald Lodge. It was there i boarded and enjoyed my first Red Bus tour.

That first time, in 1973, i was 14 and all my fellow Red Bus tour passengers were fellow Boy Scouts from my Central Pennsylvania Council.

Yesterday (Aug 1, 2016) was my third tour.

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Recap from Sunday 07.31…6-hr Red Bus tour, lunch at Lake McDonald Lodge, Henry driver, dinner at St Mary Lodge, look at shops, ice cream at Two Dog Flats

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This website is about our mental attitude. To easily leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s physical health website, click here.

 

On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

 

Travel home to Walt Disney World

Our final day in Glacier National Park. The clear sky at dawn gave way to clouds and rain as we drove to Kalispel airport to return home to WDW.

 

Lake McDonald sunrise
4am

 

Lake McDonald sunrise
5am

 

Lake McDonald sunrise
From my bed.

 

Lake McDonald sunrise
5:30am

 

Lake McDonald sunrise
5:45am

 

Lake McDonald sunrise
6:00am

 

With little to do but stare out the window, the view was constantly changing.

When was the last time we had the time to simply watch the clouds go by?

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Village Inn at Apgar

Yesterday began at 4am in the Lake McDonald Lodge lobby, using wifi to check in on the real world. During this time, there were two trips back to the cabin to make the second and third cups of hot water with honey.

 

Lake McDonald Lodge Lobby
4am

 

Lake McDonald sunrise
5am

 

Lake McDonald Lodge boat dock
Lake McDonald Lodge boat dock.

 

De SMET boat on Lake McDonald
On top of De SMET.

 

Historic plaque about De SMET boat
Climbed onto top deck.

 

Lake McDonald Lodge Cabins
We were six cabins from main Lodge.

 

Being off the grid for four days has been a shock to the system.

A good shock.

One that may soon be a thing of the past.

There are few places in America left untouched by instant communication.

The common sense lesson has been this:

Life goes on without us. And our life isn’t dependent on knowing what everyone else is doing.

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Lake McDonald Lodge Cabin

Many Glacier Hotel Lake view room
4:00am.

 

Many Glacier Hotel Lake view room
4:15am from the parking lot.

 

Many Glacier Hotel Lake view room
4:15am parking lot panorama.

 

Many Glacier Hotel Lake view room
4:30am

 

Many Glacier Hotel Lake view room
5:30am

 

Many Glacier Hotel Lake view room
6am

 

Many Glacier Hotel Lake view room
6:15am

 

Many Glacier Hotel Lake view room
6:30am

 

Many Glacier Hotel Lake view room
From my bed.

 

When was the last time we went to sleep anticipating a sunrise we may never get a chance to witness again?

And a crazy west facing sunrise to boot.

Yesterday’s west facing vantage point from our balcony offering something unlikely to come again.

A boy, almost 15, finding it difficult to be inspired at such an early hour.

A father, 56, trying hard to believe that the effort is worth the lack luster excitement.

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