u/Playful-Park4095

It's a pretty incredible place to visit with some ridiculous balancing rocks. I'm glad to see it getting the Parks designation for more visibility.

As a not-that-serious question, for those who attempt to visit every NP: If you visited a park before it was officially a park, does that count? Or do you have to revisit? I've never collected the passport stamps or anything, but I do keep track of all the parks I visit in the NP app.

The midsize trucks don't get any better fuel economy than the half tons do, and frequently get worse. Compare a 4wd Ranger vs an F-150. Now look at the fuel tank size. It's not a physical space limitation for all the midsizes to have an 18 to 20-ish gallon tank, they could fit a 25 in there.

If you never leave the suburbs, I get it, it's not a big deal. If you want to tow even a small trailer and travel, the range between fill ups is abysmal. If you're somewhere that's well developed, it's just an inconvenience. If you're somewhere with less infrastructure, well, hope you like jerry cans.

Aside from price and just the ease of maneuvering a smaller vehicle, midsize trucks are hamstrung by their makers in the US to the point the half ton is the obvious answer if you can afford it and have room to park. Then Reddit will be like "but trucks are too big". Yeah, agreed. Can I please get a Tacoma or Ranger with useable range in less than perfect conditions on flat roads at 55mph?

I am very much an amateur photographer, just getting in to the hobby and downloaded Affinity to try to alter some photos to salvage them. I've not used any creative software like this in over 20 years and it's, honestly, a bit overwhelming. There's so much capability here, I'm sure, but I don't even know where to start. Hopefully I don't just bring a bunch of spam bots with this question, but what resources would you recommend to start learning specifically about photo editing with this software? I don't yet care about the other uses, though perhaps later.

I tried some YouTube videos but it seems like either I have a different version or they are older as some of the icons and buttons they said to use didn't exist any longer. I have the free version and I just downloaded it yesterday.

Any place to start, be it online or book recommendations or whatever, I'm open to it.

Over a dozen police, fire, and ambulances. I don't hear any panicked crowds or disturbance.

Anyone have any idea what's going on?

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In mid September my wife and I will be flying in to Missoula. We have two nights booked in Missoula and intend to do some hikes in that area. We then have two nights we haven't booked yet before our 3 nights inside the park. I was thinking maybe Great Falls, MT area but would Flathead Lake area be better? We'd like to see Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument but that seems like too much driving for this trip so maybe next time.

We're frequent National Park visitors, just haven't hit the PNW parks yet and this is our first time this far northwest. 8-10 hour day hikes are fine, but we're not backpacking this trip.

I'm debating between these options, all are new. All are within $1k of each other and at dealerships I'm willing to travel to. All have the package to get heated seats, which is the main optional feature I care about. All are Pentastar with the 8 speed auto.

1. 2026 Willys with 35" EXTREME package

2. 2026 Rubicon

3. 2026 Willys '41

Sorta a 4th contender) 2025 Willys, heavily optioned and with the one touch roof, about $3k less than the above options.

The use case is trails my truck (Power Wagon) won't fit on as well as city trips where it's a PITA to park it. My wife will drive it on occasion, and she likes the taller ride height of the 35" tires, but understands we can add those down the road if we go with another option. It will see *very occasional* trips to Moab, but will be more forest service roads and Nat'l Park "high clearance 4x4 required" type things.

I'm leaning toward the 35" package Willys. I'll need to swap the bumper and add a winch, maybe a TrueTrac up front, and that'll do it. I do like the '41's aesthetic and the fact it comes with the steel bumper already. Rubicon is overkill, but for the same money...maybe?

I've never had the one touch roof and don't know how it compares as far as noise and long term durability to the regular hard panels, and I don't really care about the safety package but the upgraded audio is nice. Probably not going that route, but if there's something I'm missing there feel free to shout out.

I have always connected in JFK or PHL before returning from Madrid, but price difference was great enough I deviated.

I hear MIA sucks. I'm flying FC and OW Emerald, what's my best option here? Helpful or humorous welcome.