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Karen (always looking for a road trip)

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camping, road trips, hockey, random stuff #ParkChat HOFer (check out my Starter Pack!) #EndTheStigma No creepy DMs. I'm married and not interested.

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Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · Nov 17

Out there is the perfect lap.

Do you see it?

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Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 1h

The two salt concentrations are the average salt concentration of an ocean and the average salt concentration of the Atlantic, respectively.

Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 1h

It's awesome to see kids rush to class and immediately check on their investigation because they *want* to see what's happening. For the ghost forests, they are using bean plants as model trees, and they designed their own investigations. Most are watering with tap water, 3.5% sea salt and 3.7%.

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Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 1h

A7 #ParkChat Okay, I searched my 1000s of photos for "lakes" and while this is the Potomac River, the colors and reflections stood out to me.

Potomac River at Antietam Creek. Sunset, July 3, 2021.

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Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 1h

I love the foldout map, but I also like the little areas where you can put stamps!

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Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 1h

Sorry I was late! Great questions, @beckyjlomax.bsky.social ! And, like Tom, I haven't yet met you in person, and hope to cross paths during one of my road trips! #ParkChat

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Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 1h

That's me! I guess I need to come up with a theme now! #ParkChat

59nationalparks @59nationalparks.bsky.social · 2h

Next week #ParkChat welcomes @camarowrx,bsky.social who is really responsible for our chat being on @bsky.app

Please join us and at least thank Karen for her efforts.

Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 1h

My magnet biology students are currently finishing up an exploration of possible causes of ghost forests along the Atlantic Coast. They think I'm mean because they figured out that it involves chemistry as well as biology (they take both classes this year). 😆 #ParkChat

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Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 2h

I was fortunate enough to see #OutThere at a special #STEAMinthePark showing, outdoors at our campsite at Voyageurs National Park. It's a great film. I totally recommend it, too! #ParkChat

Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 2h

A11 #ParkChat Again, I'm not really a lake person. But when I'm at the campsite for #STEAMinthePark at Voyageurs, there's this rock the others have taken to calling "Karen's Rock", and I'll fish there, and sometimes just sit there.

Me and my fishing pole at "Karen's Rock" at group campsite K54 on Lake Kabetogama.

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The National Parks Experience @parksexperience.bsky.social · 2h

The arrival of OHVs isn’t just a bit louder traffic—it transforms the auditory environment and experience, scaring wildlife, disrupting visitor enjoyment, and eroding the intangible qualities (quiet, peace, remoteness) that many people seek in national parks.

#nationalparks #parkchat

Mike Lee Wants to Allow Off-Road Vehicles in All National Parks, Adding Noise Pollution to the Parks' Running List of Problems

New bills would open up national park roads to ATVs and dirt bikes

thenationalparksexperience.substack.com

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Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 2h

Sorry I was late. I was at a homebrew competition with my Belgian Tripel. I got a lot of people who liked it (and came back for another pour.... or two), but didn't win any prizes. #ParkChat

Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 2h

A2 #ParkChat I have yet to see a moose in the wild, but I've seen quite a few others. Turtles are always my favorite though.

A snapping turtle and a painted turtle in muddy water at the C&O Canal.

Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 2h

A1 #ParkChat I'd have to say fishing *on* the lake and hiking to/around the lake! If I want my husband to join me, then fishing has to be involved.

Pat and I caught fish at the same time on Table Rock Lake in Missouri.

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Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 2h

A8 #ParkChat Most lakes named after people. These lakes have other, older names, as you pointed out already.

Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 2h

Same! #ParkChat

Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 2h

A9 #ParkChat I guess "easily reachable by car" is subjective. This was somewhere in Nevada between Twin Falls, ID and Wells, NV.

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Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 2h

A10 #ParkChat As part of #STEAMinthePark at Voyageurs, we get to do a boat tour with Ranger Mark to IW Stevens' island and Kettle Falls. Two years ago, we went to Ellsworth Rock Garden and Anderson Bay.

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Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 2h

They have those in Cowles' Bog at Indiana Dunes, too! #ParkChat

Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 2h

Spirit Lake at Mount St. Helens! I shared my own photos of it with students just last week as we talked about ecological succession! #ParkChat

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Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 2h

A4 #ParkChat I have not paddled on a lake. A river, yes. Tidal areas at Assateague Island, yes. Not a lake though.

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Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 2h

A5 #ParkChat Since I'm not much of a lake person, I'm going to go with this King Rail I saw at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge at Twin Ponds.

a king rail in shallow water at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

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Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 2h

A6 #ParkChat Peaceful lakes reflecting the dying light of sunset, like Lake Kabetogama at Voyageurs National Park.

Sunset on Lake Kabetogama at Voyageurs NP.

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Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 2h

A3 #ParkChat I visited a glacial lake in Iowa this past summer -- Storm Lake. Most people don't think of glaciers or lakes when they go to Iowa!

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59nationalparks @59nationalparks.bsky.social · 2h

#ParkChat battling for audience against the #BlueJays.

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Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 1d

No. Many #ALLCAPS fans miss the dulcet tones of Bruce, the organ player.