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St Mary, day 1, mind

Man at motor inn entrance
Farewell Swiftcurrent Motor Inn. Hope to see you again someday. Ps. Thank you for putting me up for my very first night inside Glacier National Park in 1973.

First visit to Glacier was a night in Swiftcurrent Motor Inn and Cabins in 1973.

Last night may have been my last time staying at Swiftcurrent.

Time will tell.

Hope to return here, specifically, someday. The hope likely stems from the ‘magnificent’ 1973, first-impression imprint as a young teen.

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Swiftcurrent Valley, day 7, mind

Winnie the Pooh quote
100% agree. i might have even invented this.

Everyday i get to wake up is my favorite.

Seems silly to think it and say it.

Seems even sillier to not think it and not say it.

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Swiftcurrent Valley, day 6, mind

mountain goat
Can’t recall ever seeing a Mountain Goat in Swiftcurrent Valley. Photo Sperry Chalet sunset.

To wake up so deep in and still have electricity, indoor plumbing, lobby wifi, a restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, a room-door that locks, a camp store, a wonderful Motor Inn front porch, and a parking space at the end of the Earth’s rainbow…

Pro-level.

For a simple kid from Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, this literally feels like hitting the power-ball lottery.

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Swiftcurrent Valley, day 5, mind

mountain range silhouette
Looking West, about 15 miles East of Grinnell Point (seen here decently left of center…very center is Swiftcurrent Mountain and the Swiftcurrent Firetower). Mt Wilbur is tallest on right.

Swiftcurrent Valley’s remoteness and its towering mountains make me feel small on our large planet Earth.

And then i recenter and realize while Earth seems large, when you start accepting the science on how large the cosmos is, it’s an awakening.

Ever driven from Philly to Seattle? It took me a week the first time.

Now imagine traveling at light speed and it takes 100,000 light years to go end to end in our Milky Way.

And Our Milky Way galaxy (in my simplist understanding) is simply a flake of dust in the greater cosmos space.

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Swiftcurrent Valley, day 4, mind

mountain lake
Grinnell Point, center. To its right is Swiftcurrent Valley. To its left is Many Glacier Valley. Photo taken from Swiftcurrent Valley’s Fishercap Lake.

Swiftcurrent Valley features:

  1. Swiftcurrent Motor Inn and Cabins
  2. Swiftcurrent Pass Trail
  3. Iceberg Lake Trail
  4. Ptarmigan Tunnel Trail
  5. Fishercap Lake

Many Glacier Valley features:

  1. Many Glacier Hotel (Lodge)
  2. Grinnell Point
  3. Grinnell Glacier Trail
  4. Grinnell Lake Trail
  5. Piegan Pass Trail
  6. Cracker Lake Trail
  7. Swiftcurrent Lake

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