Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Is trump is trying to break black America over his knee? signs point to ‘yes’.

Donald Trump found guilty as fuck – May 30, 2024!

Too often we confuse noise with substance. too often we confuse setbacks with defeat.

Conservatism: there are people the law protects but does not bind and others who the law binds but does not protect.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

When I was faster i was always behind.

Stand up, dammit!

It may be funny to you motherfucker, but it’s not funny to me.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

Baby steps, because the Republican Party is full of angry babies.

With all due respect and assumptions of good faith, please fuck off into the sun.

When do we start airlifting the women and children out of Texas?

So it was an October Surprise A Day, like an Advent calendar but for crime.

Fear or fury? The choice is ours.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

Republicans got rid of McCarthy. Democrats chose not to save him.

Radicalized white males who support Trump are pitching a tent in the abyss.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Their shamelessness is their super power.

Putin must be throwing ketchup at the walls.

He wakes up lying, and he lies all day.

Jesus watching the most hateful people claiming to be his followers

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On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions.

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Good Morning All,

This weekday feature is for Balloon Juicers who are on the road, travelling, etc. and wish to share notes, links, pictures, stories, etc. from their escapades. As the US mainland begins the end of the Earth day as we measure it, many of us rise to read about our friends and their transient locales.

So, please, speak up and share some of your adventures, observations, and sights as you explore, no matter where you are. By concentrating travel updates here, it’s easier for all to keep up-to-date on the adventures of our fellow Commentariat. And it makes finding some travel tips or ideas from 6 months ago so much easier to find…

Have at ’em, and have a safe day of travels!

 

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Just a few for hump-day. I’ve been working so much on site and related stuff, I didn’t have the time I had hoped for tonight. Forgive me, will make it up tomorrow! But I trust that these pictures will suffice – the wow factor is high.

Once again, I’m sure I’ve got the pictures-to-descriptions off. That’s why we’re setting up a better system, one that ensures the correct text per picture, and correct order. It will remove the human – ahem, dummy – element of the equation!

Where it was taken: Glacier Natl Park

When:Late June ’16 (1st 2), #3 Aug ’16, #4 April ’17
Commenter nym: realbtl
Other notes or info about the picture: I live about 40 miles from the west entrance to Glacier NP so I get to go there often.  Every year I take the convertible or motorcycle over Going to the Sun road the 1st Monday after it opens (pictures #1 & #2.  #3 is Kintla Lake in the park which because of the rough dirt road doesn’t get nearly as crowded as the main part of the park in summer.  #4 was taken in early April of this year at McDonald Lake.
Wow. I can just imagine the mushrooms come late summer, covering those pine forest floors. And the trout – it makes me drool something awful. I really need to setup a Balloon Juice Travel Service where we get to go stay in neat places with members of the community!
Thank you realbtl, and please do send more. I’d love to see more of your environs, throughout the year. I think seeing the change of seasons and the change in flora, fauna, water, and sky are never-ending sources of wonder, be it wilderness like you have, or a crop field or rice paddy.
Have a great day, all!
A quick note – I’ve setup a guest post on Oceanography on Friday at 12:30 Eastern. The author will be around to answer questions, and I hope you can attend. It’s an interesting, and quite relevant topic to know more about.

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  1. 1.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Thank you for those wonderful photos, realbtl. The Kintla Lake picture (#3) is especially striking. Now I have to visit Glacier National Park!

    Alain, I’m looking forward to the guest post Friday with your oceanographer friend. My calendar is marked and I’ve set up a reminder alert in case I get distracted. Thanks for everything you do for us.

  2. 2.

    Elizabelle

    Nice marmot.

    You know that was going to come up. The dude abides.

    Did we ever see Lebowski drinking coffee? I just remember Caucasians. And sasparilla for the easy on the eyes cowboy.

  3. 3.

    Elizabelle

    Realbtl organizes the Glacier National Park meetup.

    Gorgeous pics. Would love to go there. In other news, Yosemite’s Tioga Pass road in is still covered in snow. Can’t link from the iPad.

    And the Pacific Coast Highway had another massive landslide over the weekend. Up to 40 feet of rocks and dirt, for maybe a quarter or third of a mile. Last major slide was torrential rain caused. This one, they think, is drought-dried earth shifting and becoming unstable. Maybe a year to reopen from this latest slide.

  4. 4.

    Elizabelle

    I’d be OK with California charging a nominal fee, maybe couple of bucks, for using the PCH through the Central Coast. Cambria to Carmel. That’s Big Sur and the road to Monterey. What you see on all the road atlases and calendars. The locals who depend on the road get a pass.

    But PCH, on the Central Coast especially, is so precious, and so fragile. California has enough costs to bear; the rest of us can step up to support and protect what’s irreplaceable.

  5. 5.

    satby

    Man, a Balloon Juice travel service sounds wonderful!

    realbtl, these are fantastic pictures, thanks for sharing them. What a great drive on a bike that must be!

  8. 8.

    OzarkHillbilly

    @Elizabelle: Beat me to it.

    Was talking to a friend the other day about taking the wife to Not-so-many-Glaciers National Park for a visit before they are all gone. He said it is absolutely insane during season, as bad as Yellowstone. So we’ll just have to take in the fall colors when we go.

    Nice shots realbtl.

  9. 9.

    Elizabelle

    @OzarkHillbilly: knew I was gonna beat someone to it! You and Bill/Glendale were the usual suspects.

    Yeah. Glacier tourism while we still have glaciers. Sobering.

  12. 12.

    PsiFighter37

    Hitting the skies today and flying to China to visit my wife’s family. My main wish is that I get to see sunlight (of which I saw exactly zero last time I went in 2014)…

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    Immanentize

    @OzarkHillbilly: Not true about Glacier — It was easy for us last summer and we went in late July we stayed in-park (mostly east side) all the two weeks but two days when we went up to Canada to Waterton. It was fabulous — great hiking, excellent weather, amazing wild life. It is nothing like Yellowstone. There was plenty of room and the only traffic was caused by bear jams.

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    OzarkHillbilly

    @Immanentize: Are you saying he lied to me? Maybe he was there over the July 4th wkend or something. Thanx. I really want to go back, Was preteen the last time.

  22. 22.

    debbie

    Thank you for reminding me there’s more to this place than pothole-filled interstates.

  23. 23.

    tobie

    Breathtaking! Glacier National Park is now on my list of possible vacation sites. Thank you!

  25. 25.

    otmar

    How many glaciers are still left in the park?

    I’ve been there in ~ ’92. That was fun and included a night in Waterton.

  26. 26.

    realbtl

    Thanks folks, a couple of notes:
    If you are heading this way get in touch with me through the site, we’ll get together for lunch and travel hints;
    Yes Glacier is a zoo in the summer but if you get going before 7:00 AM it is not too bad.

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