In fact, here's a second one to keep you busy
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/...c658c7fd0a.jpg
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In fact, here's a second one to keep you busy
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/...c658c7fd0a.jpg
Although my first guess was Dannebrog, Nebraska, it was relatively easy to track Denmarket Square down to Solvang, California.
AZBuck
I'd not heard of Dannebrog but feel I must visit if it is anything as bad as Solvang! Me and the g/f are planning a 4 week trip to the US next summer which started out as an off the cuff 'I want to visit Solvang someday' (she is Danish) Can't wait for her to see it... she'll be rolling around! :D
In the few minutes between seeing Craigs pic, and hitting reply, I see that Buck has already beaten me to the punch with the Solvang pic.
Here's another picture from a National Park, but which one...
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/forum...pictureid=1533
It would appear the 510 train is heading to Toronto's union station.
Crescent Lake, Olympic NP?
It is Crescent Lake
That's 4 right answers in less than an hour!
Try and make it five?!
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/...97ec540f5c.jpg
Those are the generators at Grand Coulee Dam.
Where is this?
http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/m.../DSC00121c.jpg
.. but considering your location is "Albuquerque", Sandia Peak Tramway springs to mind.
What is the name of this flowing body of water?
http://donandlindacasey.com/images/MysteryStream.jpg
Photo: Don Casey
Here's another look:
http://donandlindacasey.com/images/MysteryStream2.jpg
Photo: Don Casey
Yep, that's Sandia Peak.Quote:
Just a guess.. but considering your location is "Albuquerque", Sandia Peak Tramway springs to mind.
Don,
Those are lovely creek photos -- but pretty hard to name this spot I'd think....
I toyed with shots with no background images -- but that would "break" one of our "rules" about visual clues in the photo so....
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...y-mark-111.jpg
(Photo by Megan Edwards)
What city is this in?
and to eliminate any passing doubts about Florida... here's a visual hint:
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...k-111-hint.jpg
(photo by Mark Sedenquist)
Mark
...from small creeks mighty rivers grow!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist
I may have my perverse moments, but this time the shot is of something significant.
Your two clues:
1) This was taken in a National Park
2) EVERYBODY knows the name of this stream
In an hour or two I'll post a trailhead photo that should be all anybody needs.
It would appear that you didn't travel far to find snow white - Its just outside Vegas at Mt. Charleston, Nevada
You might categorize the major rivers of the USA into two groupings; here are some examples of such a grouping:
Group 1: Columbia, Sacramento, Snake
Group 2: Arkansas, Tennessee, Ohio
Seek ye this stream amongst all the streams that would qualify for category 2 (once you figure out the correct grouping strategy).
Note: there are several grouping strategies that could lead to the example above, your challenge is to pick the right one.
What might surprise you is that those homes in the photograph all of Las Vegas, Nevada mailing addresses -- they are all less than an hour from the Strip!Quote:
Originally Posted by Midwest Michael
Mark
I was first thinking the Missouri River, but I think this could well be the headwaters of the Mississippi River?Quote:
Originally Posted by CalOldBlue
Itasca State Park in Minnesota?
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...iverHead-a.jpg
(Photo by Rod Ness)
Oh wait, you said a National Park -- well, that can't be the Mississippi then
Mark
However both rivers you mention fit the correct grouping strategy (so add them to group 2 and see if that tells you something).
I suggest you focus on the "taken in a National Park" clue as well.
Been there, fought off the mosquitoes. Headwaters of the Missouri State Park in Montana. Where the Gallatin, Jefferson, and Madison rivers meet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist
Naw; WAY too much water.
It can't be the Ohio River, (also a group 2 river)
The Tennessee River -- I don't think so... but it is close to NP
So you only have 50 "possibles".
You're going to hate yourself when you figure this out.
National Park eh? The topography is right for central Colorado where the Arkansas River starts -- but not in a NP.
Hmmmm.
M
The Yellowstone River is a feeder of the Missouri -- but it's headwaters are outside of the park.
http://donandlindacasey.com/images/BearAtTrailhead.jpg
Photo: Don Casey
This is the Colorado River? But that would be a group 1 river....
I never knew that the Colorado River's headwaters were in Rocky Mountain National Park -- I gotta look at the map again!
Great Puzzle!
mark
Group 1: rivers NOT named for states.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist
Group 2: rivers named for states.
This is the early stages of the mighty Colorado, in Rocky Mountain National Park, not far from it's source in La Poudre Pass.
Note: I never said it's source was in a NP (although I think it is), just that the SHOT was taken in a NP; as mentioned, RMNP on the western side.
That "you have 50 possibles" should have set off a bell ringing somewhere...
And yes, I chose my candidates to leave open the possibility I was categorizing based on where it drained, or other criteria.
Other "group 2" rivers: Missouri, Mississippi, etc.
****If you're just joining us today, this part of the puzzle is now closed to public comments, but you're welcome to follow along and see where this part of the puzzle went... Or, if you'd like to join in the current puzzle, (where you can still participate in the "solving" of these puzzles) click here...
Multiple part puzzle:
1) What is this?
2) Where is it?
3) Why does the photo have dark smudges in the corners?
4) (extra credit/clue) Why did this trip get me into serious trouble?
Note: the color in this photo IS NOT the result of Photoshop (or other post-processing) manipulation... this is pretty much what it looks like.
http://donandlindacasey.com/images/MysteryPond.jpg
Photo: Don Casey
Don,
I plainly missed the "50 state" clue -- I plead trying to work on too many projects at once.
The blurred parts of the photo look like you were shooting through a chain link fence.
A settling pond of something hazardous looking
Still cogitating.
Mark
Located about 20 miles west of Moab and as far as trouble goes.... I don't think that the access road that you appear to be on is public property?
Mark
Yes, it's a potash settling pond on the way between the river road downstream from Moab on the Colorado, to the White Rim Trail on the way to Shafer Trail (and I could have been lost, dunno).
They inject water into underground potash deposits, pump the brine up into holding ponds where they let the water evaporate, then they scrape up the resulting potash. At some point in the process the liquid gets this intense blue color.
Yes, shot through a chain link fence.
And what got me in trouble was Shafer Trail, eventually reaching this viewpoint (which others can reach the easy way across from the visitor center in Canyonlands NP).
http://donandlindacasey.com/images/ShaferTrail.jpg
Photo: Don Casey
You can see Shafer Trail immediately below the rim on both the left and right sides of the photo, and also down at the bottom, exiting to the upper left. The ponds in question lay a few miles out thataway.
My immediate problem was the last mile or two up the side of a sheer cliff, on a narrow pitted dirt road with steep dropoffs and an acrophobic passenger.
Me and the 4X4 loved it: Linda; not so much.
This time I thought more about the clues before dashing off the answers.... Speaking of Shafer -- did you see this field report? Great photos there too!Quote:
Originally Posted by CalOldBlue
Mark
Yes I did.
Yes they are.
And my next clue was going to be "there is a 'sticky' post somewhere in the forums that is associated with the 4th part of this puzzle".... but you beat me to it.
I'm going "dark" for awhile; if nobody posts another photo before then I'll dredge something up tomorrow before I destroy my home network again... really starting to loath routers/hubs/modems/access points... I'm a software guy, not a wires guy.
I enjoyed today's puzzles!
For a while they were being posted and solved at a record pace!
Whew!
I'll match your green trees with one of my own....
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...y-mark-112.jpg
(Photo by Megan Edwards)
This cabin is seen by thousands of visitors each year -- where it is? And what's the attraction?
Mark
of the Cades Cove section of Great Smokies; haven't been there for over two decades so this is just a randumb guess.
It's actually the Noah "Bud" Ogle's farm cabin -- but I still don't know why that's very interesting to so many people -- except, of course, that it's in the Great Smokies National Park -- here's Megan's field report from September, 2007 when she captured that photo!
What is this?
http://donandlindacasey.com/images/MysteryRoad.jpg
Photo: Don Casey
One of my favorite drives (if I'm right about this one) is Titus Canyon in Death Valley National Park. More about this here....
Gorgeous photo by the way!!!
Mark
Yep, Titus Canyon, a little bit before it breaks into the open.
Here's a view looking the other way not far from where the last shot was taken:
http://donandlindacasey.com/images/TitusCanyon.jpg
Photo: Don Casey
... and thanks!