Category: Glacier National Park

Friends in high places

  • Oberlin. Yesterday, 5:15pm.
  • Oberlin (center).
  • Mt Cannon. 
  • Cannon.
  • Haystack (right).
  • Oberlin (right).,
  • The (L-R) Oberlin, Clements, Cannon trinity. 
  • Haystack Butte (foreground), Bishops Cap (background).
Glacier National Park.

We paused at a roadside overlook at sunset.

Twelve hours ago.

It was.

Breathtaking. 

Remember the person who settled for surviving instead of prioritizing their priorities? Of course not. Magic happens when you organize your priorities. 

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Surprise and delight

Mountains
Never gets old.
  • Stunning angle and lighting reveal details not seen close up. 
  • Right foreground, Goat Mountain. Behind it and to it’s left, Going to the Sun Mountain. And of course Reynolds accentuates the left horizon. Bearhat Mountain is to Reynolds’ right, if you know what to look for.
  • Great Plains. Divide Mountain (behind me) is the geographical welcome sign. 
  • Divide Mountain, South side. 
  • Honeymooners. 
  • A brand new discovery of a second “Foliage Bend”.
  • Goodnight September 25, 2021.
Glacier National Park, 2021.

Nature epitomizes authenticity. 

Nature is brutal. 

Nature is beautiful. 

Nature doesn’t care what humans think. 

 Nature surprises. 

Nature delights. 

When you change what you see, what you see changes. 

The long way is the short cut. 

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Waited 50 years

20-second video: Thin places summary video.
27-second video: Thin places reprise video. 
Woman standing on a mountain
Photo: After lunch, we are heading back down, towards Mt Siyeh. 
27-second video: Hey Jeff, what’s it like hiking in Glacier? Video recap.
8-second video: Immediately noticed the Grizzly as we started the descent. Cheryl immediately noticed the couple (upper left in video). 
11-second video: Real time video of our assessment to retreat or walk past the Grizzly. We had several minutes of blind spot in which we had no idea if the Grizzly had moved closer to the trail. 
8-second video: The bear had its head in a hole it was digging. i seized the moment to hustle to the trail’s downside. We didn’t want to get stuck between the Grizzly and the Pass. 

The videos and captions tell the story here. 

Had i not seen this happen two days prior, i would have NEVER attempted to get this close…the odds of me witnessing this moment are virtually zero. 

Grizzly Bear near hiking trail with hikers
A serendipitous moment where i witnessed this Ranger leading hikers past a Grizzly (left) on Highline Trail near Rim Rock (the trail’s cliffy, cabled starting point).

Happy present moment. Best wildlife encounter in my nearly 50 years of visits to Glacier.

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Life’s organized transitions

Pixar Soul toy and yellow fall leaves
Foliage Bend, as i’ve come to call it. 
  • Transitioning from St Mary to Logan Pass. 
  • Mt Oberlin. September 23, 2021.
  • Garden Wall. 
  • L-R: Iconic Reynolds and Clements. 
  • Logan Pass with Heavy Runner prominently on right. 
  • Garden Wall dancing with clouds and setting Sun. 
  • Pollock Mountain’s peak.
  • The Sun tried to illuminate Bishops Cap and Pollock. Bishops Cap was fickle. 
  • Ain’t no glamour on the road. Dinner in a rental car, uploading photos to the cloud. 
Glacier National Park.

Life is full of transitions. 

Be intentional about preparing for their arrival. 

Because the other option is to not be prepared. 

Never get bored with the basics. 

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Marketing earns its keep

Walt Disney World 50th sculptures announcement
September 23, 2021. 

There’s a great chance this Glacier trip extends past October 1. 

Such is life. 

Hate to miss it.

But i’ll be alright.

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