2010 Photo Scavenger Hunt

[powerbyaj]

Updated google docs...

71. Rainbow (50 points)
Old Rainbow Valley Gas station turned into a real estate office. At one point there was an old gas station sign.

83. Mailbox in the shape of a house (50 points)
Multi-floor mailboxes

[aerialdall]

Updated google docs...

Rode 150 miles today & it was 95-100 degrees. Just a little toasty! But still having fun!

Deb

#11 BIG rock with something other than graffiti 100 pts.

#20 Theme park 35 pts.

#34 Politician's birth place 50 pts.

#64 Banner of festival Welcome sign 25 pts.

#67 Contradictory signs 50 pts.

#77 Misspelled or grammatically incorrect 50 pts.

#78 Sign that uses the word "ain't" 50 pts

#80 Sign with many arrows pointing in different directions 50 pts.

#95 Person wearing sports paraphernalia 50 pts.

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfsshq4x_24hg7dc8cd

[irish2themax]

Updated google docs...

Rode 150 miles today & it was 95-100 degrees. Just a little toasty! But still having fun!

Deb

#11 BIG rock with something other than graffiti 100 pts.

Gave you all but this one since it cannot be confirmed that this is on a big rock and not just an earthen mound

[aerialdall]

Gave you all but this one since it cannot be confirmed that this is on a big rock and not just an earthen mound

Irish... I am saying the "Welcome to the Flinthills" is the Interesting part that is written on the BIG Rock. That's why I had my husband up there so you could see how big the Rock is. It is actually a Limestone rock that is sitting on a bunch of limestone & flint hence the "Flinthills". If the Welcome part isn't interesting enough I can deal with that.

Thanks,
Deb

[Yazz]

More pics here...

1. Town that's same name as a country (50 points)
2. Same name town in different states, photo of each town needed. (25 points for first pair) Have half of this done.
40. At a Drive In theater. (25 points)
42. At a Spyder dealership. (10 points)
43. In front of a larger than life roadside statue. (50 points)
48. In front of a firehouse. (25 points)
56. Bike in front of an over sized chair, must be BIG. (50 points)
62. Rhyming intersections. (250 points)
96. A national flag other than your native country. (25 points)


https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0A...OWRtY2Y3&hl=en

[irish2themax]

Irish... I am saying the "Welcome to the Flinthills" is the Interesting part that is written on the BIG Rock. That's why I had my husband up there so you could see how big the Rock is. It is actually a Limestone rock that is sitting on a bunch of limestone & flint hence the "Flinthills". If the Welcome part isn't interesting enough I can deal with that.

Thanks,
Deb

No...that's fine. Didn't know the sign WAS a rock

[irish2themax]

62. Rhyming intersections. (250 points)
https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0A...OWRtY2Y3&hl=en

Yazz...if you can tell me how these two rhyme, I'll award the points

[aerialdall]

No...that's fine. Didn't know the sign WAS a rock

Thanks...Irish. Sorry, I should have made my explanation a little more clear. After going back & looking at it I could see how you thought the sign was the interesting part that sat on top of the hill. I'll try & do better next time in my explanations.

Deb

[powerbyaj]

Updated Google docs...

91. In front of a door other than rectangular or arched (50 points)

[Yazz]

Yazz...if you can tell me how these two rhyme, I'll award the points

Eufala and Wetumka in Oklahoma.

Pronounced You-fall-a, Wa-tum-ka.

Both have three syllables and end in "A".

[irish2themax]

Eufala and Wetumka in Oklahoma.

Pronounced You-fall-a, Wa-tum-ka.

Both have three syllables and end in "A".

Sorry but that's not a rhyme

[Yazz]

Sorry but that's not a rhyme

Ah well, it was worth a try...

[biker1]

Hey Folks
Can someone point me to the longest word that Roadkill has. My internet connection is so slow I could send a pigeon back and forth and it would be faster.
Thanks

[irish2themax]

Hey Folks
Can someone point me to the longest word that Roadkill has. My internet connection is so slow I could send a pigeon back and forth and it would be faster.
Thanks

Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, also known as Webster Lake, is the longest place name in the United States and among the longest (6th) in the world

45 letters but...if you can find one, there are 5 that are longer LOL
Hop on the ferry to Wales and find Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch (58 letters)

[biker1]

That's what I was thinking of doing, but at this point in the race it would not be worth it. If I can get sixty five or seventy of the photos I will be happy.
If there was just 70 or 80 points in the difference,, then !!

[Brevet05]

Updated Google Doc

2. Same name, different states: Centerville #6 - Centerville, Indiana. Nice little town, gorgeous library in this shot. (50 pts)

25. Furthest-most point in your state: Westernmost Ohio (125 pts)

[Brevet05]

Updated Google Doc


93. Someone playing a stringed instrument. My youngest daughter with her guitar. (50 pts)

100. Exhausted Spyder Rider. Hey, retiring's hard work! (5 pts)

Still shy of my 5000 goal (I believe I have 4955), but running out of time...
Eighty-eight down, a dozen to go.

[Roadkill]

...at this point in the race it would not be worth it... If there was just 70 or 80 points in the difference,, then !!

+M'name is Timothy Kerry Dean Edward! (Now if that doesn't spur you on...)

Ride on.
Roadkill

[aerialdall]

Updated Google Doc...

#32 Tire company symbol 25 pts.

#73 Sign translated into three languages 100 pts.

#81 Elevation sign that has sequential numbers 100 pts.

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfsshq4x_24hg7dc8cd

Also updated #45 with a bigger waterfall

Deb

[aerialdall]

Updated Google Doc...

It was a very busy day today. Wasn't able to find 1 of the things on my list today but otherwise very productive.

#5 In front of a rocket 50 pts

#7 In front of a military aircraft 25 pts.

#8 Sitting in a military aircraft 50 pts.

#37 At a major sports stadium or park 25 pts

#40 Drive In theatre 25 pts

#58 In front of a railroad tunnel 50 pts.

#66 Welcome sign that spans a roadway 50 pts.

#72 Airplane mounted on a post 50 pts.

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfsshq4x_24hg7dc8cd

Deb

[Roadkill]

LOL...I debated that in my empty head for quite a while too!

+Thank God for helmets to keep our brain vacuum intact.

I'm not sure how you'd planned on scoring the sign with the longest name, but may I recommend a #88 scoring rule, Irish? (I don't think any of us would be averse.) Why not assign each letter of the longest word sign presented a value divided from 100?

For example, my Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg (45 characters) divided from a total 100 value would net a 2.2 value per letter. In turn, someone else's presentation of Lake Woebegon (8 characters) would then net a value of 17.6 (2.2 * 8).

Just a suggestion, and for annual variety, perhaps next year you could assign Scrabble tile point values, or something equally unique, causing us to look for things like Quinnipiac College or such...

Ride on.
Roadkill
http://www.roadkillonline.net/

[irish2themax]

Just a suggestion, and for annual variety, perhaps next year you could assign Scrabble tile point values, or something equally unique, causing us to look for things like Quinnipiac College or such...

Ride on.
Roadkill
http://www.roadkillonline.net/

Holy Cow, Batman...this has been hard enough to keep track of!!

[irish2themax]

I'm not sure how you'd planned on scoring the sign with the longest name, but may I recommend a #88 scoring rule, Irish? (I don't think any of us would be averse.) Why not assign each letter of the longest word sign presented a value divided from 100?

Okay, I think I've got a spreadsheet that will make this painless. Only problem is I have only been entering the total number of letters and I am not about to go back through all the posts to get the words.

Anyone who has an entry for Item #88, please repost.

[Roadkill]

Okay, I think I've got a spreadsheet that will make this painless. Only problem is I have only been entering the total number of letters and I am not about to go back through all the posts to get the words.

Anyone who has an entry for Item #88, please repost.

+As I understood it, you were only counting letters in a longest word, not total length of word characters. The requirement for ANY points should still be the length of A word in the sign, not all of the words.

Ride on.
Roadkill

[Roadkill]

+I just took an extended weekend ride to/from northern Vermont, where Adrian organized a group ride. I gathered Scavenger points along the way.

Enroute to Colchester VT, I progessed eastward from the Northway (I87) via the Essex Ferry across Lake Champlain. At $6.00, I thought it was a bargain for the roughly half-hour float across the waterway.

(#53 +50) On a ferry boat (Aboard the Governor George D. Aiken):
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imaged...s/35_10320.JPG

I rode the Lake Champlain Transportation Cos. "Southern Ferry", eastbound from Essex, NY to Charlotte, VT. If you need to cross Lake Champlain, the ferry system is truly an integral component of many routes.

http://www.ferries.com/

Ride on.
Roadkill