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.

Day 7 CCL, body

Mountain lake
Bowman Lake. It’s a long haul on a dirt road to get here. One year the road was a disaster. This trip is encouraging.
Map
Polebridge is on left edge. Roughly 25 miles (mostly unsaved) to get to Polebridge. Then another 6-7 miles on another, less-maintained, rugged unsaved road.
18-second video: Bowman Lake. Dirt road access ‘reconnaissance’.

Rest days are amazing if you can joyfully lean into the discomfort of sitting a lot.

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Day 6 CCL, body

mountains
We arrive before sunrise to secure a parking spot. Then we wait for the sunrise to begin its habit of warming the day.
mountains
99.99% of the guests hiking Hidden Lake Trail never see it from this angle. This is not a judgement, it is a fact. The ones who see it from here are the ones with a deeper relationship with Glacier.

Playing it safe and having fun often compete.

There’s a time and place for everything.

Behaving like an adult and behaving like a child are often at odds.

The challenge — the opportunity — is dancing with both.

Aging reminds me how much fun being childlike (self-centered, creative, and spontaneous) is.

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Day 5 CCL, body

i never tire seeing this view. If you asked me to guess how many mornings i’ve been on this trail, i’d say, conservatively, “20”.

Happy present moment’s epitome is embracing everything in your eyesight without thinking beyond that present moment.

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Day 4 CCL, body

7-second video: Wild Goose Island never disappoints.
wild goose island
We stop and look literally every time we pass. Has to be hundreds of stops over the years.

Habits make you or break you.

This could be the most important piece of wisdom, ever.

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Day 3 CCL, body

foggy morning and a building
7:00 AM in the mountains, early-fall fog.
mountain fog
Give mountain weather some time and it will sort itself out.
18-second video: Mountain weather is unpredictable, even when your forecast doesn’t call for anything but a partly cloudy day.

Over-focus on the same movement you currently (and habitually) under-focus on or ignore.

Over-focus on the same nutrition you currently (and habitually) under-focus on or ignore.

Over-focus on the same rest and sleep you currently (and habitually) under-focus on or ignore.

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