Category: Glacier National Park

Second day home in a month, body

Glacier National Park
We just made it to Comeau Pass. The Continental Divide is on the horizon. From Sperry Chalet it’s roughly three miles and 1,500′ elevation gain. The walk up and over is a stunning geological buffet.

Warm, humid, flat, shirtless.

The past month i’ve missed starting my mornings walking with these special conditions at home.

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First day home in a month, body

Glacier National Park
This 2025 photo of us playing Dominion in our room is my iPhone screen. By the way, we had the remarkable experience to have a shared, private balcony.

No place like home.

Home is physical vibrancy, led by moving, fueling, and resting.

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Fly home from Glacier, body

Glacier National Park
We played Dominion in the lobby/dining hall. We played it in our room too.
Glacier National Park
We played Dominion in the lobby/dining hall. We played it in our room too. Here, Chapin and Cheryl are playing Dominion in Chapin’s room, using a headlamp for light. We splurged for two rooms, four nights to close out Sperry’s 2024 season. Ps. There’s no electricity, heat, indoor plumbing, or wifi (and no cell).

No regrets.

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Glacier Airport Hotel, body

Glacier National Park
Relaxing in Sperry Chalet’s ‘lobby/dining hall’. Chapin carried the card game Dominion 6.5 miles (one way) with 3,400′ elevation gain. Playing Dominion at Sperry is an unprecedented Glacier memory.
Glacier National Park
This space is part lobby, part dining hall. And, a 100% gloriously historic wilderness experience.

Sitting in every Glacier National Park Lodge lobby, every Glacier National Park Motor Inn lobby, and all three Glacier National Park Chalet lobbies, one thing becomes remarkably clear.

(and it’s a blinding flash of the obvious)

Humans love having their (physical) breath taken away.

Yes, and…

Most have their breath taken away simply by walking on an alpine trail.

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Rising Sun day 4, body

Glacier National Park
Driving here from Rising Sun Motor Inn is always a joy. The 5-ish AM drive to Lake McDonald Lodge to park offers a special VIP drive West on Going-to-the-Sun Road. Photo: September 8, 2024. Chapin’s first trip to Sperry.

When i say, “Sometimes i feel like the luckiest human alive”, i mean it 💯%.

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