Good inning for the #Padres. Tatis Jr. with a 113-mph double that one-hopped the left-field wall, then Ha-Seung Kim drilled a homer well back into the LF stands. Pads lead the #Rockies, 4-1, in the third. #MLB#baseball@baseball
This is a “memory” from December 2017 taken with an iPhone X — the image will be heavily compressed on Mastodon — while leaving a rest area for a driver swap on I-70 WB (luckily, no snow or ice that time).
We used to travel that 1,015 mile trip (each way) once or twice a year in our Mercedes-Benz C-Class, and later, in our E-Class. Now, we just fly to Denver and grab a rental car.
“the #HeatDome was a foreshock of the world to come, with impacts both immediate and long-lasting. Yet it occurred in a world that has only warmed, on average, about 1.2 degrees since 1850. We’re now racing to 1.5 degrees and are likely to cross that threshold by the mid-2030s.” #ClimateCrisishttps://mastodon.social/@ryanschultz/110906759659640682
“John Pomeroy, #Canada Research Chair in #WaterResources and #ClimateChange at the #UniversityOfSaskatchewan, says faster-than-expected melting in the past few years makes it likely that all the #glaciers of the #Rockies—including the famed #ColumbiaIcefield, upon which a thriving tourism industry depends—will all be gone by the end of the century, save for a few remnants. That means reduced flows to rivers that millions of people depend on”
The Valley Of The Five Lakes (The Fifth Lake) Jasper Alberta.
This image taken midweek in April 2022.
Thick ice melting as the average daily temperature rises. No one else around. The view and the silence enhanced by the occasional sounds of the local wildlife and the spectacular reports of the ice cracking loudly as it warms (It sounds quite similar to gunshots)
A wonderfully eerie yet tranquil experience. #Rockies#Jasper#jasperalberta#Valleyofthefivelakes #scenic#mountains#lake#hiking
Ok, real talk. Too many folks out there do NOT respect nature. They have this romanticized view of it that’s more akin to the a theme park than the wild. They don’t understand you need to have actual survival skills to survive out there. You need planning. You can’t just go out with some canned soup and a plan to get away from it all.
Family died in #Rockies after trying to live ‘off the grid,’ official says
Yay! #SFGiants won, beating the #Rockies 5-3. It featured the words, "He froze him with a 100-mph sinker." I almost have sympathy for that Colorado batter who stared at strike 3 from Doval.
Bucking a recent trend, the #SFGiants are actually ahead of the #Rockies 3-2 after 4 innings. 6 games over .500, they're only 3-7 over the past 10, including losses to the #Mets that seem to have inspired the NY team. Not a good thing if you're the Giants, lol.