@paultibbetts Looks like a fine day!
@JohnPhilpin To your point though, yes, there are examples of that, especially when it comes to more easily measured things, like the height of waterfalls or mountains and such. But there's also a long standing tradition of calling tourist traps "The World's Largest (blank)," whether it is or not.
On This Day in 2007 we visited the birthplace of George Washington Carver, and were visited by this checkerboard-eyed butterfly during our walk there.
A few shots from our boat tour in Aialik Bay in Kenai Fjords National Park, OTD in 2018.
@JohnPhilpin @odd I guess Fort Payne would have to sock a little bit less to get that title 😆
One of the highlights of our visit to Halifax was the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, housed in the same dock building that served as the port of entry for immigrants. I was surprised at many of the similarities between the histories of immigration in Canada and the United States.
OTD in 2018, I hiked to Exit Glacier, my first experience with a glacier. It’s iconic for the signs showing the previous extent of the glacier in various years, clearly demonstrating how quickly the ice has receded.
I’ve been to every national park unit in the US, and this remains my most favorite park sign anywhere. It’s located on the back side of the entrance sign for the Exit Glacier area of Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska.
@jedda Are you a Tahoe girl?
One of my favorite scenic drives is Alaska Route 1 down the Turnagain Arm. Here’s a shot from my first visit there, back in 2018.
I was finally able to mark Stonehenge off my list #OnThisDay seven years ago when I passed thru suburban Utah.
Remember when Japan bombed Nebraska during WWII? You Don’t?
Well, On This Day in 2021, we visited the site where it happened.
www.atlasobscura.com/places/si…
My buddy Mikah’s short film “Canyon Chorus” is playing at the Flagstaff Film Festival in September, and he’ll be there to speak live, too. You can also watch it on his website.
@manton would love this! Still no word back on the api?
On This Day in 2021, I visited the shack and farm of Aldo Leopold—one of America’s greatest figures, whose ideas helped change the way we view the natural environment and preserving America’s natural heritage.
This place officially socks (OTD in 2008)
Dells of Eau Claire Park - #OTD 2021
This is the first Smokey Bear mask, which now resides in the quaint public library of Mercer, Wisconsin - #OnThisDay in 2021
Enjoy the North #OnThisDay in 2021
I wrote a bit about The Two Futures of Social Media: as social media fractures, two distinct futures are unfolding—two entirely different ways to participate socially online, a fundamental divide between viral entertainment and personal community.
@curmudgeonaf I don't have a dog in this fight, but my understanding is that while some other teams in Pittsburg were paying players, that the first pro hockey league was indeed in Houghton. That seems like the birth of "pro hockey" as opposed to simply some teams that were "cheating" prior to that. Either way, it was fun to visit.
The Birthplace of Professional Hockey (Houghton, MI)
#OnThisDay in 2021
Awww Shute, it’s closed. #OnThisDay in 2021
Here’s a different perspective of Arch Rock on Mackinac Island. #OnThisDay in 2021
Arch Rock—the main attraction in Mackinac National Park, America’s second (forgotten) National Park after Yellowstone. #OnThisDay in 2021
@kev Thousands? Nah. I've been doing that by borrowing CDs from the public library and burning them to my hard drive.
It doesn’t look like much, but this marker—located in a headwater swamp in Arkansas, of all places—preserves the initial point from which all surveys of property acquired from the Louisiana Purchase originated.
We visited it OTD in 2008 on a whim; I really need to write more about that experience.
@jthingelstad what time should I come over? 🤤
One of my favorite roadtrip apps is Roadside America, which lists weird roadside attractions. An earlier version of the app included a fun feature: a fake “call” set by a timer to help give you an excuse to leave an awkward or excessively long conversation at an attraction, which I used OTD in 2012.
@pratik on point, or bare minimum? This seems like a strikingly low bar for a social media platform.
I don’t believe you. #OTD 2008
Adventure ahead #OTD 2015
A Sense of Belonging. A lovely little post by @alexskunz@mas.to on how he’s rooted himself to San Diego County.
I’ve “grown roots” here also through the connection with the landscape, the chaparral ecosystem, and its plants.
@odd oh I feel like a whole lot of things could have gone differently...
@pratik it's not a bad one to know!
@barrysampson Fun!
@pratik many a 17 yr old has done stranger things to impress a love interest. Or maybe he lost a bet. Or maybe to prove someone wrong. Or to piss off his dad. Or someone did it in his name to piss him off. I have no idea why, of course, but it’s hard to parse out without finding it in his own words
@pratik I don't think that it prevents Libby from loaning it out to the next person. I guess I haven't specifically tested that before, but I believe you can also disconnect your device from wifi and return the item early from the libby app on another device, but continue reading on the original disconnected device. That leads me to believe that it's not holding up libby from loaning it back out.
@bjhess I did the other side of the canyon, but immediately called it the angriest waterfall I’d ever seen. What a great experience!
@ner3y this is the widest I shot. Located just west of Castle Springs Road maybe 8ish miles north of RT-74, across the wash
@Contrariwise the whole internment camp story is crazy. Just everything about it seems nuts.
@Annie agree, agree, agree
@kev Hey Kev, have you written about what you look for in a watch? As in, what sparks your interest in a new one?
@herself pika.page seems perfect, especially with their fun guestbook feature, where friends could send or draw a message to her. And if you’re not connecting your own domain right away, you can try it for free up to 50 blog posts.
@pratik well damn /: I think your attitude is a good one though, and perhaps this shift results in something much better for you.
@anniegreens that’s fun too!
Most of our house surprises here in Phoenix center around what crazy DIY solutions someone came up with 🙃 or all the corners cut by boom-era house builders 🤬
@anniegreens ooooh, how fun! Any other interesting finds?
@robertbreen sounds like a great trip, Robert! Enjoy 🏞️🌲
@kev whoa, really? So you can just drag them in and let kirby do all the work? (I'm looking for easy platforms for a travel photo blog, maybe Kirby would be a good option?)