Saved Glacier from flopping?
Yes.
Here’s what happened with Glacier…
First Summer, great.
Drove rental car along the 50-mile Sun Road and stopped at all the overlooks. Stopped at Lodges, had a meal, browsed the shops, sat in the lobby. Great adult activities. For a new teenager, iffy at best.
Chapin agreed to return a second Summer. Can’t recall why. Probably him feeling he had no choice.
He did not want to return a third Summer.
Asked him why and his honest answer, “It’s boring.”
This was the defining moment in the Glacier love story.
Made him a promise, if he’d return a third year, we would not drive around and do all the boring stuff.
He agreed (probably still thinking he had no choice).
In 2015, we began parking the car, getting out and staying out, and hiking a trail.
This changed everything.
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