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So I am going to back up with a few more photos from the Friday NPSOT pop up field trip. This was after the two rare plants that I had wanted to share in yesterday’s post. Now we were no longer on a slope but in open prairie. Garden for Birds – Great Backyard Bird…
Friday was a pop-up NPSOT Trinity Forks field trip. With little notice, only one person was able to come. The prediction had been for wind and dust. It got windy as the morning progressed. However, the dust was only barely started as we finished up. Great field trip! Elisabeth Vrba obituary: palaeontologist who solved a…
Go have some pi because it is March 14th (3-14), Happy Pi Day! Happy Pi Day! Find ways to celebrate here Yesterday I left you on the Anadarche Creek Trail. The rain definitely slow us down. So we look forward to going back to explore further. Definitely a great trip! Thanks Jeanne! Lost for 13,000…
Trails can go for miles. Hikers and bike riders can cover the distance. However, I’m in for the slow and observing mode of exploring. 🙂 This was a very interesting trail! The truth about dinosaur behavior from hints in fossils See Magnificent Monkeys From Around the World in These Shots From the Smithsonian Magazine Photo…
We were moving forward even if it was slowly. It was hard to keep moving with all the cool lichens and mosses, but we did. LOL. More from the trail tomorrow. Scientists Hope This Tool Could Identify Tiny Fossils on Mars, Revealing Hints to Potential Early Life on the Planet Inside the Herculean Effort to…
After Tucker Tower we headed back to camp for lunch. Energy would be needed for an afternoon hike on the Anadarche Creek Trail. More goodies from the trail tomorrow! The Ecologist Who Made Biodiversity Count 7,000+ new species discovered in Earth’s deepest ocean trench Butterflies are disappearing from the U.S. at an alarming rate Stand…
Eagerly we headed up the hill to Tucker Tower! Yep Tucker Tower is worth the visit! The 1st eclipse season of 2025 starts this week Humans Have Been Perfecting Avocados for 7,500 Years US Coast Guard Academy Censors ‘Climate Change’ From Its Curriculum Industry-Backed Legislation Would Bar the Use of Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental…
On Friday we started to explore the park, Lake Murray State Park. Furthermore we decided to explore the Tucker Tower first. I learned in online search that you could climb to the top. And it was a pretty day so the view would be spectacular. At least that was our hope. However before we started…
Lake Murray State Park in Oklahoma was our ticket to another adventure. 🙂 Our trip started on sunny Thursday. In any case, we are looking forward to exploring the park for a few days. International Women’s Day: Female Science Stars to Follow in 2025 Red Fish, Blue Fish Ancient humans used bone tools one million…
Another First Wednesday outing had rolled around on March 5th. It was sunny, though a bit chilly with a pretty good breeze. I had picked a spot that was on a hilltop. It had been a grand outing on the hilltop! The Oldest Laurasian Dinosaur: New Discovery Rewrites Dinosaur Origin Story These Portuguese Libraries Are…