The Bear Mountain Bridge is up for the 2024 Bridge of the Year award! How incredible it would be to get this recognition for its centennial year! Please vote for the Bear at: strawpoll.com/NMnQNVMM1g6 Winners will be announced on Jan 26!

This Wednesday at 9 PM ET #ParkChat welcomes Rock Plodder as our special guest host. He’ll be presenting “Science in the National Parks”. He works as a scientist so I’ll suggest that this will be an excellent chat. Please join us! Nature Tech Family 🏞️🚙📷

Yes, I'll be taking the #ParkChat helm once again, talking about AZ and FL parks, and maybe--just maybe--other ballparks and NPS connections.

This Wednesday at 9 PM ET #ParkChat Hall of Famer Tom Thrash presents “Spring Training and the Parks”. It’s that time of year. I suspect we’ll be looking at Parks in Florida and Arizona. Also Chris Giblin will be leading a session of #baseballparkchat at 8:30 PM please join us.

Q1 There is of course a lot going on around the world, the country and in the parks, but baseball can be a nice break from it. With Spring Training underway in Florida and Arizona, are you Team Everglades or Team Grand Canyon? #ParkChat

Q2 Both Arizona and Florida are known for parks filled with majestic views and teeming with wildlife. What do you think bites more park visitors: squirrels in Arizona or alligators in Florida? #ParkChat

Q3 The Cactus League teams in AZ play all of their games in and around Phoenix. Saguaro National Park is not even two hours away. Would you add on a visit to spring training when booking a trip to Saguaro, or would you add Saguaro to that spring training adventure? #ParkChat

Q4 Last year, I saw the three south Florida National Parks plus three Grapefruit League teams play spring training games. On any give trip, what’s the farthest you’ve traveled between a National Park and something else (like a sporting event)? #ParkChat

Q5 In addition to their National Parks, there are more NPS sites in both Arizona and Florida. I’ve been to DeSoto in Florida and the Casa Grande Ruins in AZ. Have you visited any, or do you have plans to? #ParkChat

Q6 The Grapefruit League ballparks have palm trees beyond the outfield, and cacti can be found not far from the Cactus League venues. In what parks have you seen either palm trees or cacti? #ParkChat

Q7 Arizona’s Grand Canyon is basically a mile deep. The Everglades elevation only rises about eight feet over its length while working north in southern Florida. What are some of the geographic similarities between the parks in these regions? #ParkChat

Q8 Cubs, Cardinals, Blue Jays, and Orioles—have you seen any of these critters that ballclubs have chosen for their name in our parks or public lands? #ParkChat

Q9 Spring Training and National Parks isn’t the only time to enjoy both in one vacation. My summer travel plans often involve both. Have you ever gone to a ballpark while on a National Park trip, or vice versa? Would you consider it? #ParkChat

Q10 In addition to the Cactus League, ballpark fans know that Phoenix also hosts the Arizona Fall League after the World Series is over. Would you rather visit an Arizona National Park in the Spring or Fall? #ParkChat

Q11 Not a question, but let’s use the Texas Rangers (playing their Spring Training in Surprise AZ!) as a springboard for a hat tip to Park Rangers. Please tell us about any fun/informative/helpful experience you’ve had with a park ranger. #ParkChat

End of an era, but the beginning of something new... #ParkChat

I always liked him. Appreciated his calls on Yankee, Knick and Ranger broadcasts, and also of XC events in the Olympics. Met him in a pizza place on LI when I still lived down there. Good guy. RIP

Hey Xfinity Support, I'm sure I have my spam filters properly set up to "Discard" email with certain subjects or senders, yet some of them keep getting through. You're better than the spammers, aren't you?

Tonight will be our last episode of #ParkChat on X. We enjoyed our 11 years here but it was time for a change. We encourage anyone here that wishes to continue the chat to jump over to #BlueSky. Nature Tech Family 🏞️🚙📷