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41 upvotes against Big Bend. I thought for sure they'd go after one of the other parks that got dozens of upvotes yesterday, but today is the day. Thank you to everyone who followed along over the past week.

Big Bend is one of the most magical places on earth, let's all never stop advocating for it.

Another day, another opportunity to keep Big Bend alive! At 3:50PM CST, Big Bend currently has 9 upvotes, tied with Kings Canyon, and just under Haleakala and Crater Lake. That's too close for comfort, y'all!

Everyone knows what to do: fifteen seconds, DOWNVOTE Big Bend, and UPVOTE every other entry!

Today marks the 22nd overall NP in the contest, the top twenty is within reach, let's get it and show what this Big Bend community is all about!

WE DID IT -- Big Bend lives on to see another day in Remove a U.S. National Park! Incredible work folks, I thought we were done last night! Let's KEEP IT UP!

Day 41 overall, and at 4PM CST we're in good position. Acadia leads the way with 10 upvotes, Big Bend currently has one mention - y'all know what to do: fifteen seconds, UPVOTE all other parks, and DOWNVOTE Big Bend!

It's bleak, y'all.

Big Bend currently leads with sixteen combined upvotes. We need to mobilize, or this is it. Need EVERYONE to take fifteen seconds, click on the link, DOWNVOTE Big Bend, and UPVOTE all other parks.

Let our voices be heard, viva Big Bend.

Evening, y'all!

Day 4 of sharing, and we're making progress! Today, Day 39 of the entire challenge, will leave 24 National Parks remaining and we're in good shape. Wrangell-St. Elias is currently on the hot seat, so if you care to do so, head on over there and UPVOTE that, and all other parks - remember: DOWNVOTE Big Bend!

There's a legitimate Big Bend hater who keeps trying to get us out everyday, but he's been shut down tonight. Let's build the momentum and continue to represent America's best National Park!

Woohoo! We're still alive! After a close call a few days ago, Big Bend is still going.

It's Day 38 of Remove a U.S. National Park, and Big Bend currently has seven upvotes, while Death Valley has thirteen (5:50PM CST) -- let's keep Big Bend going!

People definitely have a misconception of what Big Bend is, and don't appreciate how unique and special of a place it is - continuing to keep us in means more attention, respect, and appreciation for the best national park in the country!

Remember, DOWNVOTE Big Bend and UPVOTE all others! It only takes a few of us to advocate for our favorite park, and the community that makes it so special!

One vote y'all -- Big Bend survived Day 35 by ONE vote.

Shout out to everyone who participated! We're just getting started! Day 36 is up, and Big Bend currently has the second most upvotes - no bueno! Just need 15 seconds to DOWNVOTE Big Bend comments, and upvote other parks - let's do this!

Howdy everyone. On the r/RemoveOneThingEachDay subreddit there's this U.S. National Parks page contest that's about halfway through (Day 35). Big Bend remains, but on the most recent one posted a few hours ago, Big Bend was mentioned and, so far, upvoted the most times. The final tallies range from a few votes to 15-20, depending on the day - but this is the first time a Big Bend comment has gained any traction.

If everyone seeing this could take 15-20 seconds to make sure that our beloved Big Bend continues to move forward, that would be great! If enough people visit, I'll continue to share updates each day so folks can support our little corner of paradise. Who knows, maybe we can all unite and get Big Bend all the way to that #1 spot!

We're one race shy of officially being halfway through the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series, and with Corey Heim's victory today we now have three drivers who earned their maiden Cup wins this year.

The modern era record for most first-time winners in a single season is split between 2001, 2002, 2011, and 2022, with five first-time winners in each of those seasons.

With 19 races to go, do you see three of Ryan Preece, Zane Smith, Riley Herbst, Todd Gilliland, John Hunter Nemechek, Noah Gragson, Ty Dillon, Connor Zilisch, or Cody Ware taking a checkered flag in 2026?

Given how some of these guys run well on superspeedways, it's hard to rule anything out of the realm of possibility - but the odds are probably best with Preece eventually getting his win, or perhaps Zane Smith or John Hunter Nemechek finding themselves in the right place at the right time, or Connor Zilisch next week at Sonoma (Austin Hill-isms aside).

Do we see a record this year, or have we reached the peak with Gibbs, Hocevar, and Heim?

EDIT: If Austin Hill is still filling in for the #33 at superspeedways, he should be taken into consideration as well.

The purists won't like this, but what the heck.

Bill slept with the two Dauterive widows that were not his cousin, so imagine he got them both pregnant and the children were kept a secret from him, and Gilbert either goes along with the secret or doesn't know either (the former would create a gaping hole in my plot, admittedly). In the new season it's revealed in a flashback that the widows were going to introduce the children to him, and travelled to Arlen to meet him, but when they got Bill's house, he's doing something off the cuff (stollen tank episode?) and they decide not to tell him and drive off.

Bill discovers he has children - maybe one of them joins the army and Bill's brought back to the base to train the next generation of sergeant barbers and one of those trainees is his kid. With Bill being Bill, it would get out of hand, but ultimately he can finally be a father and have some sort of consistent happiness on the program.

Idk, maybe this sounds like crap. As I await your thoughts, I'm going to go stare at and admire my WD40 can now.

I've lived in North Texas my entire life, mainly by DFW Airport, and I have never encountered a bat in this part of Texas until about fifteen minutes ago. At Roughly 3PM, it was smacking against our windows facing the back yard. It flew off, then about two minutes later it did it again, and then flew away for good. My dogs were outside, but I'm 90% certain it didn't go near them, and they're up to date on vaccines. They both came to the door when I called them, and are acting normally.

Has anyone else in Plano ever encountered a bat at this time of day? I know summer is when they're most active, but still, it's 3PM - not dusk. Do I need to be alarmed, for the sake of my dogs?

Given how bad a lot of the national anthems have been lately, mainly for Trucks and O'Reilly, but also a few for Cup, they should just start having local high school bands play almost every national anthem at races. The truck series today had a high school band, and it was great.

Unless it's a Crown Jewel, Talladega, Bristol, or another special race, where they can get someone major to sing it, just highlight local high school bands and make that a special event for them.