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Parking lot .thinking .differently

11-sec video. Prior to shooting this video of Mt Oberlin, did an unplanned, last-minute summit hike as an end-of-season fitness test.

Prior to shooting this video of Mt Oberlin, did a last-minute summit hike as an end-of-season fitness test. Interesting what .thinking .differently offers you.

Spent a few hours at Logan Pass, mostly sitting in the car because it was “chilly”. Writing busily on the iPhone Notes app.

Swore i wasn’t going to do “one last farewell” hike. Why? Because after 60+ days that Summer, no need to squeeze in one more hike.

While writing and .thinking .differently, had this wild-fool idea to do a “fitness test”.

How fast could i summit Oberlin? Theoretically, at season end you are in peak fitness. Right?

Well, the prior year, randomly did a similar thing and summited Oberlin in 58 minutes (which stood as a personal record). So it was safe to assume i could summit in an hour and down in 40 minutes.

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Roll film…

Short video: Highline Trail, September 29, 2017. The date is important because late September can mean you are the only one on a trail, or a mountain. No cell signal. Hungry Grizzlies preparing for hibernation.

Happy present moment. Today’s posts are short, six to 15-second video glimpses into my favorite teacher – Nature.

There are segments to Nature’s course work.

As a child, simply being outside, rolling in the grass, climbing a tree, or catching a firefly at dusk.

As a teen, possibly on your first overnight camping trip. Your first campfire under a starry sky.

As a mature adult, in one of the wildest places in the lower-48.

As a 60-something, perhaps being alone on the eastern 500,000 acres of September wilderness, unconnected to help should you unexpectedly need it.

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Great Plains meet Great Mountains

The Great Plains meet The Great Mountains.

We are certain at an Ocean beach that we are in the place where two distinct entities (land and water) meet.

The great, profound boundary is crystal clear.

The video above showcases another crystal clear boundary. i filmed this from the Western-most edge of The Great Plains. And we clearly see the irrefutable rising of the Great Rocky Mountains. In this case, the Northern US Rockies, specifically known as Glacier National Park.

Glacier’s Rockies march to the Canadian border. Canada then takes the Rockies back to the US in Alaska.

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Knock, knock, knock, Glacier

west glacier elementary school entrance
Knock, knock, knock, Glacier…
snow covered mountains
In June, snow prohibits vehicular access to Logan Pass. This also means most of the high-elevation trails are closed too. Snow plows usually get Going-to-the-Sun Road opened between mid-June and early July.
mountains
By September, it’s “Welcome, come on in. Make yourself at home.” The first snow will be here any day now.

Knock, knock, knock, Glacier .

Knock, knock, knock, Glacier .

Knock, knock, knock, Glacier .

A Big Bang, Sheldon Cooper reference…

For you Big Bang fans, you didn’t see that iteration coming. Bazinga!

Bonus Sheldon knocking here.

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Livin’ the dream

Today’s posts include four Morgan Wallen music videos. Taking a break from the war, business, and Covid. Morgan has a storied past. He has, in my opinion, tried to redeem himself. It’s all any of us would want, a chance to prove ourselves worthy of respect. This first song reminds me of what it’s like to be a Disney Keynote speaker…you know, with all the glamour that comes with what outsiders perceive to be a ‘rock-star’ job…thank you Morgan for capturing the essence of the paradoxical reality of “fame”…

Livin’ the dream.

Take a moment to recall Bill Wither’s song, “Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone”.

Always said while traveling constantly for Disney Institute, “Ain’t no glamour on the road.”

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