"Where in North America?" -- Section II

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05-12-2009, 08:22 PM
Quebec Gen

My kind of place!

Oooh, suicide ladders. I just want to go there and climb all of them:D I can't wait to know.

Crazy Gen
05-12-2009, 08:50 PM
Kestrel

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Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist

I feel like Indy Jones after he fell into the snake pit... That looks like a serious climb -- I wonder how well attached those ladders are? I can state with certain authority -- I've never seen that view. Maybe you need to offer us a clue?

The sign at the bottom of the climb might help.
http://homepage.mac.com/erich_oettin...er_warning.jpg

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Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist

By the way, I've done that loop around the front range that includes the stop at Lookout Mountain -- both times I've been there it was too cloudy to see much -- Wow, what a beautiful day when you were there!

It's only a few minutes from home, so I get to pick nice days to take that drive.
05-12-2009, 11:22 PM
Mark Sedenquist

With that kind of a clue....

Thanks for the clue -- it only took me about 30 seconds to find this....I would say that this is the approach to the Alcove House at Bandelier National Monument about an hour from Santa Fe in New Mexico!

Mark
05-13-2009, 06:57 AM
Kestrel

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Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist

Thanks for the clue -- it only took me about 30 seconds to find this....I would say that this is the approach to the Alcove House at Bandelier National Monument about an hour from Santa Fe in New Mexico!

Mark

Yes, it is Alcove House.

Can you tell me where this is?
http://homepage.mac.com/erich_oetting/pics/house.jpg
05-13-2009, 04:09 PM
Mark Sedenquist

It sorta looks like Ft. Laramie

In SE Wyoming -- but not quite sure -- I've got to check my photo archives

Yep, I think that is -- I even have a photo with several of the RTA Mods standing in front of this... have to find it.

Well, here's a couple of them anyway -- Megan and Gen
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...ft-laramie.jpg
(And they are standing on the parade ground behind the mystery building...)

Mark
05-13-2009, 07:00 PM
Kestrel

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist

In SE Wyoming -- but not quite sure -- I've got to check my photo archives

Yep, I think that is -- I even have a photo with several of the RTA Mods standing in front of this... have to find it.

Yes, it is Fort Laramie. You got that a lot quicker than I expected.

But do you know where this is?
http://homepage.mac.com/erich_oetting/pics/object.jpg
05-13-2009, 07:30 PM
Mark Sedenquist

Would this be?

The geographic center of North America -- in North Dakota?

Or maybe of the USA in Lebanon, KS?
05-13-2009, 07:32 PM
Mark Sedenquist

The Shaw Clan

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Originally Posted by Kestrel

Yes, it is Fort Laramie. You got that a lot quicker than I expected.

I'm a member of the Shaw Family -- whose ranch house (near the town of Orin, Wyoming), is now a state historical monument. Fort Laramie is home turf for me. My cousins own just about all of the land around Ft. Laramie. And the family has donated huge tracts of land for historical preservation in the area.

Mark
05-13-2009, 07:57 PM
Kestrel

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist

The geographic center of North America -- in North Dakota?

Or maybe of the USA in Lebanon, KS?

It's not in Kansas or North Dakota.
05-15-2009, 01:35 PM
Mark Sedenquist

Then we need another hint

This is too tough... hard to even guess what the relative size of this monument is....

Mark