#spring mill state park

[commodorez]

Gemini 3

Gus Grissom and John Young March 23, 1965

Grissom Memorial, Spring Mill State Park, Mitchell, IN

[kentuckianaphotography]

The Animals Of Spring Mill State Park

[onlinesaltandpeppershakermuseum]

Set # 2,187

I really loved these unique destination clocks! They're pretty tarnished but just are so unique! I found out after I had bought them my grandmother had actually been there! Really just love all the detail on the clocks

[vylewa]

Over the last few weeks, I have been spending my time working on my save file because I'm gearing up to start a Let's Play series on Youtube. As I've been building the stories for the characters in my save file, I started thinking about the Sims universe as a whole and how I want my Sims to travel between worlds. It got me thinking that some worlds feel like they're just a short 4-hour car ride away, while others feel like you'd need a plane to get there.

So, I decided to map out my sims universe. I got a lot of inspiration from different Reddit posts as well as the EA descriptions of each world. This has been so helpful for me as I plan out the buildings I want to place in each world. It has been so helpful with finding inspiration for creating builds. I hope you can find this helpful too.

I'm really happy about my Sims universe turned out. I'd love to hear what you think about it! Are there any worlds you disagree with me on? Also, when are we getting an African world, EA?

North America

New Crest reminds me of suburban New York, mostly because you can still the city skyline from there.

Brindleton Bay reminds me so much of New England.

San Myshuno is quite obviously New York.

Willow Creek gives me a New Orleans vibe.

Magnolia Promenade is somewhere in the south because of the name (magnolias grow in the mostly in Southern United States - Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina). I placed it close to Willow Creek for story telling purposes.

Chestnut Ridge gives me a strong Texas vibe.

Del Sol Valley is undoubtedly Los Angeles.

Oasis Springs I think of as Palm Springs with the desert and all, also the Langraabs live there.

San Sequoia I think of as San Francisco mainly because of the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay area, I have all my tech gurus living up there.

Strangerville is straight up Area 51 with all the weird stuff going on there.

Granite Falls gives me a National Park vibe, so I chose my favorite, Yellowstone which is mostly in Wyoming.

Copperdale seems to be in the rocky mountains, I placed it in Montana because of the old mining town description. Butte, Montana used to be a huge mining town.

Moonwood Mill reminds so much of the thick woods in the Pacific West somewhere Washington or Oregon.

Glimmerbrook I imagine is close to Moonwood Mill and the witches and the werewolves are always beefing.

Evergreen Harbor gives me a strong Pacific West port city like Vancouver (I know Vancouver is not in the US, but you get the drift).

Sulani reminds me so much of Hawaii, the beautiful beaches, volcanoes, and mountains and the culture portrayed by Sulanians.

Ciduad Enamorada reminds me so much of Mexico City, Mexico.

South America

Selvadorara gives a strong Amazonian vibe so I placed it in Brazil.

Europe

Britchester because of Britchester uinversity reminds me of Universtiy of Oxford, or University of Cambridge so I placed it in the UK.

Henford-on-Bagley gives off a strong English country vibe so I placed it South Central England.

Windenburg gives off a German vibe because of the style of buildings placed in the world.

Forgotten Hollow I think of as somewhere in Transylvania so I placed it in Romania.

Tartosa is undoubtedly mediterranean so I placed it in Italy.

Asia

Tomarang with the tuk tuks and the tiger sanctuary reminds me of Indonesia.

Mt. Komorebi, my absolute favorte world, is Japan. I can't wait to visit someday.

P.S. Batuu is not included in my sims universe because it is in space, I don't anticipate my sims ever traveling there, but if I ever feel otherwise, I will include it in here.

[cowboyjen68]

For someone who wants to work on a farm, do you have any suggestions? Most farm jobs seem to be part time summer work, which I have done, but I’m wondering if it’s possible to do it full time and pay the bills, as I love working with animals and working outside.

Farm work is often seasonal until you gain some background in the mechanics of planting, animal care and probably knowledge of machine and equipment upkeep.

Check into feed stores, feed mills, large year round operations like dairy farms or pig farms. They run through All seasons and often need laborers.

You might have to work several part time jobs at first. In my experience Farmers hire those who prove themselves valuable.

I work for a full time farm/agri amusement park (haunted houses, corn maze, pumpkins, flowers etc) and while some parts of the year are full time (spring, summer, fall) winter is quiet once we’ve stored everything away for the season.

Check into Apple orchards, pumpkins farms and others that serve a client base and learn as much as you can. Ask to be taught various tasks. I drive a tractor pulling a hay rack, mow, care for animals, much pens, help put up hay, work a cash register, weed flowers and empty garbage. All this came about because I knew how to make kettle corn.

Any job you take learn all you can. Feed stores need a cashier, grain processors need someone who can keep records, animals poop (a lot) so being okay with clean up is a valuable trait.

It is possible to be s full time farm hand. Winter time means maintenance and cleaning but it might take some time and skill building.

Check with your local State Extension office about jobs, job training and ideas.

[malorisaurus]

I posted this in a community I am in, but I also wanted to post it here for my own posterity.

I live in Idaho, and for the past week, I have been on a long road trip driving through Utah and SE Idaho going to various fossil sites, museums, dinosaur attractions, etc. The list of places I visited are:

Dinosaur National Monument - hot hot hot! But very worth it. It is perhaps the most well known location on this list, so I won't be too detailed here. Highly worth it, though!

Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum - a smaller museum, but they had an interesting focus on actual field work which is great if you are interested in spending time in an exhibit focused on the discovery and preservation of fossils as well as seeing skeleton and fossil exhibits. Good hands on exhibits for kids.

Hiking trails like the Mill Canyon Dinosaur Bone Trail and the Copper Creek Dinosaur Track trail - The sun! It is brutal! BRING LOTS OF WATER.

Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point - This is one of the largest, if not the largest, displays of dinosaur skeletons in the country. It was interesting to see the positioning that they chose, and the skeletons were often posed in fully decorated scenes which was a fun change from the usual museum pedestal setups. The museum moves through the fossil record chronologically, so while dinosaurs are a large feature, they are not the only focus.) Excellent space for kids with lots of activities and hands on displays.

Natural History Museum of Utah (they had lokiceratops fossils and a skull cast on display, which was pretty cool to see. Their displays in general were wonderful. Their other displays were also wonderful, and they did a great job including hands on stuff for adults and kids alike.

George S Eccles Dinosaur Park in Ogden - I had a really fun day here, though the dinosaur statuary was often comically outdated—their T. rex was standing fully erect putting weight on his tail, which was nostalgic and funny. A lot of that statuary is dated because it is from when the park was founded, but they have made some attempts to update the statuary. Inside is a geology exhibit as well as a fossil exhibit, and their signs were informative and more accurate. Overall a very fun experience, though.

Did some driving around and hiking to view some outcroppings at the Wayan Formation, but this was just general site seeing for my own gratification and there isn't really access to much of the area.

Idaho Museum of Natural History at CSI in Pocatello - they had several oryctodromeus fossils as well as complete skeleton displays. This was of particular interest to me because they are unique burrowing dinosaurs found pretty exclusively to the area, and it is now our state dinosaur as of 2023. The museum is small, but I will say that all of the displays are very thoughtful, and they included a lot of birds, small mammals, and plants in their informative displays. The Hagerman Horse also featured, which is our state fossil, and they highlighted the unique fossil record of Idaho.

Hagerman Fossil Bed National Monument - This was my final stop of this particular trip, and I am glad that I went. There is no access to the fossil beds themselves, but there are some great trails with lots of informational placquards with views of the fossil bed area. The Thousand Springs Visitor center for the monument is one of my favorites that I have been to. The rangers were so excited, friendly, and informative. I asked to become a Jr. Ranger, and I did the book and got my badge and patch after being sworn in as a protector of fossils and advocate for conservation by a wonderful ranger who talked with me for a long time about all of the things they had on display as well as an endocast of a hagerman horse brain. The ranger got very excited about that and told me the thing he loved most about it was that the brain size to body mass ratio indicated that it would have been similar to that of modern day horses, so that it indicates that the hagerman horse had personalities, emotions, etc. just as modern horses do. I am already of the belief that this is largely true of all life on the planet, but how it was described really hit me and I got quite emotional about it! It was extra fun because I could see how excited it made the ranger—the expression of like "YES we have TRUE ENGAGEMENT." 😂 It is a small little place, but turned out to be a highlight of my trip.

Anyway, sorry for the long-winded post! I took about 5 million pictures, and am working on organizing them all by location and animal. My goal is to go through, animal by animal, and read the current literature and compare it to the information and skeleton positioning at each of the museums. I will be sharing that progress here eventually. If anyone has any questions or recommendations for travel in the area, hmu!

[myemuisemo]

Suddenly, Letters from Watson dumps us in the middle of the Great American Desert (part 1 of "On the Great Alkali Plain," 2/7/24). This is not anywhere I expected to be transported from London, and the contrast makes the Mountain West feel exotic for a minute.

The Great American Desert -- stretching from about Grand Island, Nebraska to the Sierras and pretty much the entire north-south length of the U.S. -- had become a thing of legend since explorers' accounts in the 1820s. When Dad and I drove across it in 2022, we talked about how incredibly daunting it must have been for emigrants seeking their land of milk and honey on the Pacific coast.

The way we went, out I-80, Nebraska shifts from green to gray as it rises toward the Rockies. After a while, the wind picks up as you go uphill into Wyoming. There's a lot of Wyoming, and after Cheyenne and Laramie (both of which would be small towns in most states), it's very, very empty. When we finally started the descent toward Salt Lake City, and the little valleys beside the road turned green with running water, it was truly like entering paradise.

Of course, in 1847, Salt Lake City was just barely being settled, as Brigham Young led his Latter Day Saints west from Council Bluffs, and its location wasn't part of the U.S. yet.

The Mexican-American war had started the prior year, 1846, and was still going. Spring-summer of 1846 saw the Bear Flag Revolt in California, followed by the U.S. just annexing the state. Gold wouldn't be discovered at Sutter's Mill until 1849, so while emigration to California happened -- the Donner Party made their ill-fated trip in 1846-47 -- it wasn't anything like the scope of movement along the Oregon Trail.

As far as I can tell, "Sierra Blanco" is not a real place. There's a Sierra Blanca in New Mexico -- which would fit with all the specific landscape, plus White Sands National Park in New Mexico specifically has alkali flats. Last time I drove through New Mexico on I-40, in late 2018, it was delightfully desolate, so I can buy that in 1847, it seemed completely empty, with even the native peoples avoiding some stretches.

Why anyone would be crossing New Mexico is a mystery, since neither Arizona nor southern California were much settled by Americans. There was some sort of wagon route across New Mexico used by U.S. soldiers during the Mexican-American War, so if I'd expect anyone to be about, it'd be the U.S. Army.

Utah, now, is downright famous for its salt flat, but that's west of the site of Salt Lake City.

Regardless, parties screwing up their trip to the west by taking an imprudent shortcut or mistaking the route was definitely both a thing that happened and, thanks to the Donner Party, a trope. Our haggard and starving traveler sounds about right.

Then he reveals a Plucky Innocent Victorian Child.

That "pretty little girl of about five years of age" is the absolute ideal of Victorian childhood, being perfectly behaved, utterly imperturbable, determined to see the best in all things, sweet, trusting, and looking forward to being reunited with her mother in heaven.

This kind of child is why Louisa May Alcott was seen as innovative for writing Little Woman about girls who worked on their character flaws. (This is also the ideal the March girls were being aimed at. Polly in An Old-Fashioned Girl comes closer, but even Polly would have been upset about being hopelessly lost in the desert with no water.) Contrast this with the street urchins that Holmes employs in his investigation, who are good enough sorts but scrappy, resourceful, and street smart.

Ordinarily, a Victorian child who was utterly sweet and pious would be a cinnamon roll, literally too good, too pure for this world, and thus would die beautifully but tragically before long. Being lost in the desert seems ideal for this, but --

She turns to prayer, and since someone must survive in order for this scene to be relevant,

Yes, darn it, I am on the edge of my seat to know what happens. I'm also grateful that crossing the Great American Desert in 2022 was a quicker process. I've been reading Carey Williams' old-but-interesting California: The Great Exception, which has a lot to say about how 19th century isolation shaped California's economy and power structure, not always for good. But that's neither here nor there -- I don't think we're headed to California.

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from CalMatters:

California’s fifth largest wildfire is encroaching on some of the last strongholds for imperiled salmon, with potentially devastating consequences for a species already on the brink. 

The explosive Park Fire has spread into the Mill and Deer Creek watersheds in Tehama County, which are two of the three remaining creeks where wild, independent populations of spring-run Chinook, a threatened species, still spawn in the Central Valley. 

If the Park Fire climbs to higher altitudes, federal and state officials said it could strike the final deathblow to the region’s spring-run salmon, which are already at risk of extinction.

“It’s really concerning. It’s really sad. Spring-run Chinook populations have taken such a hit over the past few years, and they’re just at a critically low point,” said Howard Brown, senior policy advisor with the Central Valley office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s West Coast fisheries region. “The emotional toll of seeing a fire like this hit such an important place, with (critically at-risk) populations that are suffering so bad, it just feels like the cards are stacked up deeply.” 

Experts are anxiously awaiting the wildfire’s next move, hoping that it doesn’t spread farther into higher elevations. That’s where adult salmon are waiting in cool pools for water temperatures to drop and flows to rise so they can spawn, and where year-old juveniles are gaining strength before migrating to the ocean. 

“We’re kind of at the mercy of the weather and wind to see if these fires creep along doing beneficial to less-severe things, or if we see a big run that really cooks the watershed,” said Matt Johnson, a senior environmental scientist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Northern Region Anadromous Fisheries Program. 

“The species is at real risk of extirpation or blinking out. We hope that doesn’t happen,” he said.

[koskela-knights]

About Watery

Thinking about Watery and its decaying state :( The flood has made many places inaccessible, closed shops and buildings everywhere. Weathered and malfunctioning to broken attractions at Coffee World... Many locals become Taken and die or move out, turning the town almost in a ghost town with skeletal houses and constructions.

There might be a certain truth behind Alan's manuscript page on Watery. It wouldn't be far-fetched really, for the town to lose its economic income and status once the lumber mill closed down/maybe wasn't necessary anymore due to an external company's mass production. Plenty of that happens in the real world and it also reminds me of other fictional towns in games I've played.

Possum Springs from Night In The Woods is also a dying town. The mines are no longer needed, people moving out to other cities, the current jobs don't pay well enough. Small & local businesses shutting down or being bought/replaced by big brands, etc. Funnily enough, it also has a Cult. Although their motivations are very different. Instead of protecting the townspeople, it tries to bring PS back to its former mining glory by wrongfully sacrificing people they deem unworthy ("lazy" people) to be in this revived PS.

Multiple locations in Kentucky Route Zero. There are towns neglected and abandoned by big corporations and its inhabitants and people are in debt and fighting to stay at their old homes. There are many ghost stories to be found in that game. Kinda similarly in Watery, glimpses of the past as told through articles and environmental storytelling can be found that also give this feeling of a slightly better past.

Lol, you can even see town decay in Cars, that movie about the sentient cars. Radiator Springs used to be a thriving town, until the new highway made the road through RS obsolete. It was only after McQueen put the town back on the map, did it manage to revive. So yeah, maybe Watery does need a miracle too (and a system that keeps the people from poverty).

But despite the decline, people still try to make the best out of it, even in terrible and gloomy circumstances. I remember there's this Coffee World review page you can find where the author calls the owner/Ilmo a greedy bastard. But if you look at the state of the park and Watery in general, it's kinda understandable? Yeah, some of the prices at the gift shop (as someone pointed out to me) were eh... not cheap lmao. I guess it's a desperate final resort, hoping to keep the money rolling. And I assume the Koskelas aren't super wealthy, they remain down to earth and it seems they put all earned money back into the community anyway. It's not like they're making a big profit from their multiple ventures.

[ploridafanthers]

i found out today that the old spanish sugar mill pancake house inside de leon springs state park that i really really wanted to try closed permanently a year and a half ago

[orlando-living]

Living in Orlando: Embrace the Magic of Central Florida

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Living in Orlando offers residents a truly magical experience filled with excitement, opportunity, and adventure. With its world-class attractions, diverse neighborhoods, thriving economy, outdoor adventures, and vibrant cultural scene, Orlando captures the imagination and hearts of all who call it home. Whether you're a lifelong resident or considering a move to the City Beautiful, Orlando invites you to embrace the magic and make unforgettable memories in the heart of Central Florida.

[commodorez]

Gemini 3 Interior

Grissom Memorial, Spring Mill State Park, Mitchell, IN

[kentuckianaphotography]

🏚️Pioneer Village At Spring Mill State park🏚️

[saddlebums]

Lunch and an Airshow

Riding to the Hangars Cafe at Sky Acres Airport

40 miles northeast of the Bear Mountain Bridge in Orange County, New York, is yet another small airport that serves up some great grub. In previous posts I raved about the lunch at Blairstown Airport and Sky Manor Airport in New Jersey. Well, here’s a third to add to the list.

Besides the top-notch nosh the other requirement to make the grade of an “epic” Saddle Bums small airport adventure are scenic back roads leading to the destination. Check. Route 301 out of Cold Spring, NY, is a well-known motorcycle route that winds its way east through Fahnestock State Park leading to Farmers Mill Road and a succession of lightly-traveled country roads.

The Hangars Cafe gets a Three-And-A-Half Fork Legs Saddle Bums rating, held back from a coveted Four due to the warm iced tea in a plastic cup.

Music: Surfing Drums by Dick Dale

[kaieraai]

My husband and I went to stargaze at Cherry Springs State Park, PA to avoid perseverating on the election. We visited the ruins of the Bayless Pulp and Paper Mill, which can be found nearby. This is a dam that collapsed in 1942 - the mill was damaged but didn't shut down until 2 years later due to a fire.

The ruins had a huge basement, so there were a lot of sink holes. The basement was flooded, but I got some really cool audio of my voice echoing through the space.

There was this huge tower, was it used for supervision? You can't really get up into it anymore.

It's just concrete and iron. Its fairly clean inside. They must have cleared it out pretty well when it closed. It was cool and the graffiti wasn't very special but it was entertaining.

[san-marcos-tx-life]

Copper Beech at San Marcos in San Marcos, TX

Nowadays, one of the best ways to search for student housing for Texas State University students area is to read online reviews. Besides, there are also ideas shared on social media. One of the examples of these apartment properties is Copper Beech at San Marcos. By the way, are you curious about the community amenities at the aforementioned apartment? Well, they offer resort-style pool and hot tub, 24-hour fitness center, basketball and sand volleyball courts, grilling stations, game room, business center, and 24-hour study room. Meaning, they have almost everything for students to enjoy a comfortable, accessible, and luxurious lifestyle.

San Marcos, TX

If you’re planning to have a vacation in San Marcos, TX, checking out the future activities scheduled there is essential. There are pre-planned events in the said place. First, there will be a free event named Santa Paws 2024 this coming Saturday, November 9, 2024, at around 2:00 in the afternoon, at The Porch. Second, the KASE 100.7 Friendsgiving event is scheduled on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at around 6:00 in the afternoon, at Cheatham Street Warehouse. Lastly, you can also opt to attend the FMA's Fall Fashion Show "Midnight Core" on Saturday, November 16, 2024, at around 7:00 PM at Price Center & Garden.

Purgatory Creek Natural Area in San Marcos, TX

The idea of visiting Purgatory Creek Natural Area in San Marcos, TX is exciting. After all, it is well-known among travelers. If you prefer exploration, it is also one of the best places you can visit these days. Moreover, the features of the natural area include benches, bike rack, information kiosk, pet mitt dispenser, trails, and vault restrooms. Then, the two trailheads at the said place are Upper Purgatory and Lower Purgatory. In addition, the Lower Purgatory is the most popular trailhead and fills up quickly on weekends and Spring days. Aside from that, it is a destination for serious mountain bikers and trail runners.

I-35 expansion project: TxDOT expects to break ground this week

Nowadays, there are fascinating news reports in San Marcos, TX area. Lately, there was a topic about an expansion project in the aforementioned location. Based on the report, TxDOT is expected to break ground this week on a massive I-35 expansion. Moreover, the years-long construction will impact drivers through much of north, downtown and south Austin. Then, protesters are still trying to stop the project from moving forward. In addition, Rethink35 board member Miriam Schoenfield shared in part that, "Wednesday is really about TxDOT having a party at the top of a parking garage while they have been destroying homes and businesses in the area.”

Link to Map Driving Direction

Purgatory Creek Natural Area 2102 Hunter Road, San Marcos, TX 78666, United States

Follow Los Santos Dr to Ranch Rd 12 S 1 min (0.4 mi)

Continue on Ranch Rd 12 S. Take I-35 N to Mill St in San Marcos 10 min (7.2 mi)

Follow Mill St to Telluride St 30 sec (0.2 mi)

Copper Beech at San Marcos 1701 Mill St, San Marcos, TX 78666, United States