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Tom Thrash

Tom Thrash

@tthrash.bsky.social

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Hudson Valley. Road-trip taker, travel-goal chaser: NPS (57/63 | 238/433); NY state parks (106); MLB (30/30 and SABR member), MiLB (61/120), & NFL (32/32) stadiums; ski areas (69); beer; Americana. Oh, and STM publishing

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Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 10h

I updated the firmware in my DSLR. I can't say that I hate all of the lens ads Canon is now feeding me. But,
I. MUST. BEHAVE.

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 1d

The NY Giants: if we're not losing games on really long FGs, we're losing them on our missed PATs. Unreal...

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 1d

Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfuss?

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 4d

Nice. I figure hockey rinks will get me there at some point. If not Canadian national parks.
Can you come up with such a list of 10 cities?

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 4d

There's a number of NPS sites in and around SF of course, making it a fine #ParkChat destination...
cc @kristamuscarella.bsky.social

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 4d

My list of 10 cities I haven't been to but probably should have

1. Calgary
2. Edmonton
3. Quebec City
4. Mexico City
5. Tokyo
6. Marrakesh
7. Helsinki
8. Rome
9. Sydney
10. Christchurch

Karen (always looking for a road trip) @camarowrx.bsky.social · 4d

I've been to Boston and Montreal. My list of 10 that I probably should have:

1. Seattle
2. Vancouver
3. Calgary
4. Edmonton
5. Winnipeg
6. Regina
7. Honolulu
8. San Francisco
9. Reykjavík
10. Juneau

Yeah, it's Canada-heavy, but I don't have a full passport (just a passport card). #ParkChat

59nationalparks @59nationalparks.bsky.social · 4d

Ok #ParkChat here’s a list of ten cities I haven’t been to but should have.

1. San Francisco
2. Boston
3. Sitka
4. Calgary
5. Montreal
6. Hong Kong
7. Paris
8. Oslo
9. Cairo
10. Dar es Salaam

Y’all can try your own or write about any of my ten that you’ve been too. Kinda fun.

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 5d

A7 Bear Lake in northern UT definitely caused me to do a double take. We don't have lakes that color in the east. #ParkChat

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 5d

A6 Ohh, cantankerous might be the right way to describe Lake Ontario on this day. Water temps were 80 deg, but you'd never know it from looking at it. #ParkChat

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 5d

A3 Lake Willoughby in Vermont was once a glacier. #ParkChat

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 5d

A2 Most recently? Ducks. :)
#ParkChat

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 5d

A1 Hiking up to them or around them is definitely on the list. Case in point, Green Lakes State Park this past weekend. #ParkChat

Some grass in the foreground and some changing leaves in the background surround a lake beneath a blue sky.

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 5d

Hey #ParkChat. I'm here, and Becky is likewise on my list too of people I somehow still haven't met..

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 6d

I saw the winners, but here's one I didn't see mentioned and always liked...

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 7d

...from a grand slam to an inning-ending double play by a couple feet...

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 7d

Crazy play in this NLCS just now. Wow.

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 8d

He looked safe to me.

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Becky Lomax @beckyjlomax.bsky.social · 8d

Pre-sunset glow thrown back to the east across Lake Superior two weeks ago from our campsite.

Isle Royale National Park
#nationalparks #islands #isleRoyale #Michigan #parkchat #camping #sunsets

Layers of pinks, purples, blues, and peach silhouette the small lake islands.

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 9d

Just added you. One thing that annoys me about it is that it started as a place where you were only supposed to add people you know well, but they flipped to a "let us have access to your contact list so we can connect you to anybody you ever knew".

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 9d

1977 and 1978 were the first two seasons where I took a break from buying packs of baseball cards. In 1979, I came to my senses, and these are my first Blue Jays and Mariners cards...
@sabrbbcards.bsky.social

Three Toronto Blue Jays baseball cards above five Seattle Mariners ones.

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 10d

Yep, loved the Moodies, and likewise think they're the band I saw the most. Also loved that Blue Jays album they did together.

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 10d

Almost texted you after his third TD...

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 10d

Like I've said before, I just need any of my teams--NYY, NYG, NYR, NYK--to keep me interested until the next of them are playing. Sure, I'd have liked for the Yankees to go deeper into October, but the Giants finally beating Philly does help.
Add that to the Rangers shutout yesterday? I'm good. 😁

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 11d

I have a hunch @beckyjlomax.bsky.social might have a bit of advice. 😁

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 12d

Hey, that's the one I was thinking of posting. #ParkChat

Tom Thrash @tthrash.bsky.social · 12d

Checking in, with one eye on the bagame(s)... #ParkChat