I Guess that pretty well :)Quote:
Originally Posted by UKCraig
But the circuit is pretty much there all year. Of course the stands are removed but that's it, so I was wondering...
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I Guess that pretty well :)Quote:
Originally Posted by UKCraig
But the circuit is pretty much there all year. Of course the stands are removed but that's it, so I was wondering...
I've done a little image surfing, but I, for one, need some more clues.... Neptune and his two mermaids?Quote:
Originally Posted by jayree
Mark
Same as the track being there all year in Toronto. Or Long Beach. Or Monaco ;) If a track isn't used exclusively as a race track throughout the year it will be classed as temporary.
Clues for the mermaid rock photo:
1) The rock could be considered an 'island'.
2) King Neptune could be considered 'royalty'.
3) The people on the rock are waving (maybe hello).
Jerry.
Totally wild guess - Kings Island amusement park?
A good guess, but not it. It is in a park, however, but not an amusement park. Here is another picture that may help.
http://inlinethumb24.webshots.com/30...600x600Q85.jpg
Photo by: Jerry Kendrick
Notice that King Neptune is on the dock in the background now. Also notice the boat at the dock and how the people are dressed (it is the 4th of July!).
Jerry.
It looks windy and cold -- someplace in Maine?
This is a challenging one -- I'll be back later...
mark
The Park is Isle Royale National Park, located in Lake Superior, and the boat in the clue picture is the Voyageur II sailing out of Grand Portage, MN.
I haven't a clue as to the rock's whereabouts nor what King Neptune and the PFD-wearing mermaids are up to in the puzzle photo.
Foy
The rock is located in Washington Harbor in Isle Royale National Park approaching the Windigo Landing. "King Neptune" and the "mermaids" are NPS employees welcoming visitors to the park. The boat at the dock (in the second picture) is indeed the Voyager II from Grand Portage, MN. It is about a three hour boat trip (one way) from Grand Portage to Isle Royal. The boat left Grand Portage about 9:30 AM and arrived at Windigo about 12:15 PM. The return trip left Windigo at 2:00 PM and arriver back in Grand portage about 5:00 PM. It was indeed rather cold and windy for the fourth of July. Long pants, long sleves and a jacket were very much needed.
Jerry.
I spent the summers of 1981 and 1982 on the UP in Crystal Falls, seat of Iron County down by the WI border. The townies said they had two seasons: Winter and the 4th of July. Sure enough, we had a fire in the woodstove a number of times in June, a handful in July, and a couple of evenings in August.
I never got out to Isle Royale, though, and I've often regretted being that close and not making the trip.
Foy
What/where?
http://donandlindacasey.com/images/MysteryBridge3.jpg
Photo: Don Casey
The angle looks wrong, but I think it is Knight's Ferry?
Nah... the span is too short...
The angle is what makes it deceptive, that, plus you can't really see the second span.
Here's a more traditional view; taken from the same side of the river. In the shot above, the near pier obscures the view of the remaining piers, making it look shorter than it really is. I didn't use this shot because that would have been TOO easy.
http://donandlindacasey.com/images/K...rryBridge2.jpg
Photo: Don Casey
This is an old bridge, but is actually a replacement of the original, which was wiped out when a flood dislodged another bridge upstream and swept it into this one.
It is alleged that the original bridge was designed by the brother-in-law of the guys who built it, an army officer stationed in California in the years before the Civil War. Some guy from Galena IL who went back into shopkeeping before re-entering the military to serve in the war. Became President after Johnson. The guy buried in Grant's tomb.
Yeah, I've never stood in that place before -- so, is the second span behind the photographer?
Mark
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...y-mark-125.jpg
(Photo by Megan Edwards)
Where is this? What is going on with building?
It's possible that is this appropriate, given the purpose of the building....
Only purpose I can think of is a Salvador Dali museum.
...And has been known to scream sometimes. Dali passed on January 23, 1989, but this guy is world-renown for doing this to perfectly good buildings.... Hint #2 this is a cutting edge (so-to-speak) research institute...
... but the architect is, in all likelihood, Frank Gehry. (With a tip of the hat to "The Simpsons", my touchstone for all things cultural.)
AZBuck
Frank Gehry + Megan Edwards led to a search for his buildings in Las Vegas which led to the Keep Memory Alive Foundation which will specialize in Alzheimer's research.
AZBuck
Excellent work AZBuck, yes, this is a Frank Gehry-designed building. It seems to me to more of a physical representation of a bi-polar disorder.
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...y-mark-125.jpg
(Front -- Photo by Megan Edwards)
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...-mark-125a.jpg
(Rear -- Photo by Megan Edwards)
The front of the building is that rather bizarre deconstruction-like design and the rear of the building looks like a traditional medical building.... Still seems peculiar to be the design work of a property dedicated to brain research. I'm sure it will serve it's purpose well and be a tourist attraction.
More information here!
Where is this fireplace, and what is unique about it?
http://donandlindacasey.com/images/MysteryFireplace.jpg
Photo: Don Casey
It looks like it could be at national park lodge -- maybe Yellowstone?
Right genre, wrong venue.
It's the fireplace in the Bright Angel Lodge. It was modelled on one of the prominent rocks you can see from Mather viewpoint: Zoroaster Temple
Designed by Mary Colter, one of Fred Harvey's architects (she also did Hermit's Rest, Hopi House, Phantom Ranch and a few more structures at the Canyon).
This shot tells the full tale of the fireplace:
http://donandlindacasey.com/images/G...laceLegend.jpg
Photo: Don Casey
Above image is a blow-up of the whited-out sign on the hearth in the puzzle shot.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3104/...6847a68743.jpg
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