Author: jeff noel

Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.

Triple Divide Day 1, spirit

Mountains
An hour after sunrise.
Flight status screen
Four hours after sunrise. The gang is on the way. Half way here already.

Feel like you mean it.

dad

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Many Glacier Day 3, spirit

10-second video: Special morning. Unpredicable. i leaned into it.

Learn to pivot on a dime if you need or want to.

dad

Had ambitious plans for this morning. Hit Grinnell Glacier trail by 6:00AM (or even earlier). Do Angel Wing for the first time. Park it and ‘just be’. Hike down mid-afternoon.

None of it happened.

But great things happened anyway.

Like what?

Like celebratory things.

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Many Glacier Day 2, spirit

National park map
Live and learn… was calling Elizabeth Lake, Helen Lake, all day long… On the East side it’s actually Elizabeth Lake that is in today’s photos and videos.
Pixar elemental toy figurines in the mountains
Ember and Wade love GNP. Ptarmigan Lake in the background.
Pixar elemental toy figurines in the mountains
Elizabeth Lake. Helen Lake is tucked far left, out of sight.
13-second video: Big Anniversary year.

Always take the path less traveled.

dad

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Many Glacier Day 1, spirit

Chloe behind the desk and her coworker Carly in security set up and decorated the tree yesterday.
Christmas tree in a National in Park lobby
Before there was Taylor Swift and her fans were nicknamed Swifty, there was Swiftcurrent Motor Inn and employees (to this day) nicknamed Swifty.
6-second video: Christmas tree in Swiftcurrent lobby.
Christmas tree in a National in Park lobby
Catching up on stuff with great Wi-Fi in the far corner of Many Glacier‘s lobby. First time firing up the laptop in the last 11 days.
National park lodge lobby
You know the drill, it looks better in person.

A high accomplishment is to be busy doing nothing. Even higher is to consistently do it.

dad

It’s challenging to do nothing but be quiet and still.

We have few role models, few incentives, and far too many distractions.

The real magic happens when we can do it guilt-free.

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