This is one I wouldn't have gotten either
This is the Ninth section of a popular mind puzzle first brought to the membership by member Quebec Gen.
General Rules of the "Where in North America is this?" Game
1) Anyone can play -- just follow along and test your mettle about places found in North America.
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4) Every photo of a mystery place needs to be unique in some way -- And there should be "visual clues" in the photo to enable us to solve where the mystery location is...
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Section I = 33 pages of places you might know
Section II = 28 more pages of places and some REALLY gorgeous photographs!
Section III = 28 more pages of places that might really stump you!
Section IV -- 15 more pages, with some very tricky clues
Section V -- 15 more pages of some very pretty and engaging places....
Section VI -- 15 more pages with more of those "very creative" clues that are nearly as vexing as the images....
Section VII -- Marked by some very clever clues and some VERY challenging puzzles spread over another 15 pages of places you might have seen in your travels in North America.
Section VIII, started on September 22nd with mystery puzzles from a dozen or more states and some new players have joined the merry band of geo-wizards...working on another fifteen pages of puzzles.
Section IX-- Some really beautiful and challenging puzzle mystery locations from all over North America found on another 15 pages.
Section X -- Spanning nearly four months of puzzles of North American locations on 16 more pages.
Section XI -- Started on March 14, 2010.
Section XII-- Started June 11, 2010 with 20 pages of new geo-puzzles from around North America
Section XIII-- Started July 29, 2014 is currently the Active Part of this Game/Contest
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Another one to slow you geo-wizards down a bit.... (maybe)
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...tery-GT-53.jpg
(photo by Gerald Thurman)
Where is this?
What's the name of the river?
(Notice to GLC: I cropped it so you can see the color of the dirt....)
Since I haven't been here myself...
And I am not entirely positive that I really know where this was taken from, here's where I think it is:
This is the entrance to the Cross Mountain Gorge which is a still-wild section of the Yampa River. This gorge is marked by a series of nearly continous rapids for three miles. The canyon is only 1/2 mile wide and nearly 1200 feet tall. This photo was taken from the Twelvemile Gulch Road which is about 16 miles west of Maybell, Colorado on the edge of the Dinosaur National Monument.
Isn't that a gorgeous shot? I'd love to be in a kayak and heading into the canyon!
Mark
Let's go east for a spell
Do you know what the official name of this place is? And, of course, where it is?
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/blog/...tery-GT-55.jpg
(Photo by Gerald Thurman)
Had it before I could find my cigar cutter...
Yep.
Formerly a luxury yacht (built in Germany in the 1920s).
Now a gift shop.
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That'll be Multnomah Falls ...
... on the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon, complete with Simon Benson Bridge (which, to my mind, is one of those rare man-made additions that actually enhances a scene of natural beauty). I was there a couple of years ago.
Continuing on the theme of bridges ...
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/forum...1&d=1256565754
The Navajo Bridge spanning Marble Canyon
That looks like the Navajo Bridge in Arizona where it crosses Marble Canyon and the Colorado River. If it is this place, click here, for a memorable tale of a colleague's father flying his airplane under the bridge.
Mark
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Nice story but no, not the Navajo Bridge
The Navajo Bridge doesn't have that box construction on the underside of the arch.
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/forum...1&d=1256582902
Is your train somewhere in the Glenwood Canyon, Colorado?
Peter
Hmmmm, details, details, details
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vambo25
The Navajo Bridge doesn't have that box construction on the underside of the arch.
OK, I see that now -- hmmmm.
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Is your train somewhere in the Glenwood Canyon, Colorado?
Train Hint #1: It is in Colorado -- but quite a ways south of Glenwood Canyon.
Mark
Very similar design to one in West Virginia
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/forum...1&d=1256565754
(photo by Peter Thody)
That box construction in the superstructure of the suspension arch looks very similar to a famous arch in West Virginia -- but clearly, the topography is different. I have the sense I've seen this bridge before -- like maybe around one of the dams on the Colorado... Maybe a hint is needed?
Mark
That video is a troubling
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vambo25
As well as being a spectacular construction in its own right, it's also a destination for BASE jumpers.
In that video -- it sure looks like the second jumper very nearly hit the water before his chute deployed...
mark
The Durango-Silverton narrow gauge
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Originally Posted by
Mark Sedenquist
Time to bring this one forward again -- good job about the Snake River bridge identification!
Mark
Reckon I'll take a stab at this one. If it's way south of Glenwood Springs, that puts in the territory of the Denver & Rio Grande narrow gauge line between Durango and Silverton, CO. I'd say the siding is part of a switchback where the train runs forward and back for switchbacks rather then a loop trestle or a too-tight radius curve. There are a number of trestle loops and "front to back" switchbacks among Rocky Mountain railroads. One I intend to see next summer it the Gilmore & Pittsburgh's switchback + tunnel at Bannock Pass, MT/ID.
Foy
Currently in North America, but did it start out here?
What is this, where is it, where did it come from?
http://donandlindacasey.com/images/UFO.jpg
Photo: Don Casey
Did you blank out the car license tags?
Now, that's a pretty cool looking exhibit. Did you block out the state of the car licenses? Dirty pool....
It wouldn't be Mars, Pennsylvania would it?
Mark
Would this be in Ferndale, California?
Perhaps one of the sculptures from the Kinetic Sculpture Race?
Mark
That used to be Hobart's home
I couldn't really see enough of the store, but it's probably where Hobart Brown, the founder of the KSR movement (there are now several dozen such races around the world) lived for many years. RTA covered the race in 1996 and in 2006. In fact, in 2006, RoadTrip America was one of two principal sponsors of the Kinetic Sculpture Race.
One of the more enduring aspects of the race was the slogan and the concept that no really raced to win -- but rather one raced.... "For the Glory"
Mark
Another easy one... or is it?
You've probably seen this building... But what is it's official name and more challenging... What is the mailing address here?
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(Photo by Gerald Thurman)
