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Mountain sunrise
Looks like the sun is just rising. However, we are already at the destination. Love being an early bird.
Mountain waterfall
No one but us. Photos like this are easy. No competition for space or location.
Person standing next to mountain stream
We returned a few days later and jumped off the rock and bridge into frigid water.
Apple Watch at hiking trailhead
Parking is never available unless you arrive before sunrise. Then you get pick of the litter. There’s like 10 spaces.

Arriving first presents options no one else knows of.

dad

Have always been a morning person. While in college i’d stay up for it. Now it’s early to bed and early to rise.

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Summit?

Four men sitting on a rock
Mountain hiking offers many benefits. Including sitting on random rocks with great views.

There’s a magic at the top that is only found on the summit.

dad

Summit?

Pretty sure that’s accurate.

That’s the humble way to say, he’s a peak bagger.

A beginner peak bagger.

But a peak bagger nonetheless.

If you know the thrill, then you know.

i never knew until i knew.

Summits (57x as of April 2024): Oberlin (26x), Swiftcurrent (15x), Reynolds (3x), Pollock (2x), Piegan (1x), Cataract (1x), Lincoln (6x), Ahern (1x), Huckleberry (1x), Scenic Point (1x).

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What if they say no?

Email
Planned for a no and this was the creative solution.

Every unasked question is an automatic “no”.

dad

i always plan for the worst and always hope for the best.

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Let them live

Medical appointment reminder and confirmation
Let them live. Let them see. Optimistic the one-month post cataract surgery follow-up is a complete success for return to “normal” activity.

Live and let live.

Sage wisdom

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Three mile island?

Small paper origami figures at Disney’s Epcot, Japan Pavilion
Restaurant reception desk in Japan.

You do not need to eat like an Olympic athlete, but it wouldn’t hurt to try.

dad

Enjoy your life.

Unexpected events are part of life.

In the 1970’s near where i grew up, Three Mile Island, a nuclear power plant, had a meltdown.

There was collateral damage.

Back to enjoying your life.

Enjoy it and learn what habits do and don’t have a propensity for unhealthy collateral damage.

For example, don’t eat and sit yourself into a nursing home bed.

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