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2010 Photo Scavenger Hunt
- Thread starter irish2themax
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powerbyaj
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Would visit to link location satisfy a castle?
http://www.rubelcastle.com/
I know this is a foot bridge but will it pass for "other than normal bridge". Its the only suspension bridge in San Diego
http://www.rubelcastle.com/
I know this is a foot bridge but will it pass for "other than normal bridge". Its the only suspension bridge in San Diego
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irish2themax
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irish2themax
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Sorry Chris...clothing labels/designs don't count. Words can be in a foreign language as long as I can verify
powerbyaj
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Wanted to verify before adding to planned route, Thanks.
Brevet05
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Roadkill,
Irish answered this in Post #12 of this thread: Originally Posted by truck 85
can you get credit for the same idem # more than once as long as it is a different place
No...only item #3 can be duplicated
Hope this helps; really enjoying your finds and travelogue! Keep up the good work...:thumbup:
Irish, I just went back to look at what Item #3 is, which is "
Town that has the same name as a foreign town/city". Am I now correct in assuming that the actual valid repeatable is #2: "
Same name town in different states photo of each town needed"?
Thanks!
Brevet05
irish2themax
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You are correct...it's #2 that can be repeated. My mistake...thanks for catching it
Brevet05
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Beautiful day in San Antonio, if you like 35mph winds...
Updates at:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=drj3v57_02njjzfj5
Only a few more today,
17. At an Unusual Building (Tower of the Americas, a 750-foot (229 m) observation tower in San Antonio, Texas. It was built as the theme structure of the 1968 World's Fair, HemisFair)
21. In Front of an Abandoned Hospital (Chambers Pavilion, formerly the Psych Ward of Brooke Army Medical Center, and now my Brigade Headquarters, hmmm)
28. At an Old Church (Mission San Francisco de Espada, In 1731, the mission transferred to the San Antonio River area. A friary was built in 1745, and the church was completed in 1756.)
30. At a Sign with 'Eagle' (The Lion & Eagle Antiques, probably the only lamp shade repair drive-in service in the world!)
33. In Front of a Large Statue (Making Hay by Tom Otterness, by the San Antonio River)
39. At a Dam (Admittedly not much of a dam, but the Espada Dam is still the original from the Spanish mission)
62. At a Rhyming Intersection (Ray Bon/Village Lawn. A serendipitous find; I understand why this one's worth so much now)
70. Mural that Creates an Illusion (A beautiful mural that adorns the back of a quick stop, it takes you right into a Mexican village scene.)
72. Airplane mounted on a Post (P-38 Lightning at Lackland AFB. There are dozens of airplanes on teeny jack stand looking mounts, but this was the only one actually elevated that I saw)
84. Sign with a Season (Summer Classics, 'nuff said)
95. Person Wearing Sports Paraphrenalia (After a 30 mile ride with a high wind return leg, I was lucky that my wife stood for my needing this photo...)
Another fun day, thanks Irish (still think that the Military Intelligence is a prime oxymoron example...)
Updates at:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=drj3v57_02njjzfj5
Only a few more today,
17. At an Unusual Building (Tower of the Americas, a 750-foot (229 m) observation tower in San Antonio, Texas. It was built as the theme structure of the 1968 World's Fair, HemisFair)
21. In Front of an Abandoned Hospital (Chambers Pavilion, formerly the Psych Ward of Brooke Army Medical Center, and now my Brigade Headquarters, hmmm)
28. At an Old Church (Mission San Francisco de Espada, In 1731, the mission transferred to the San Antonio River area. A friary was built in 1745, and the church was completed in 1756.)
30. At a Sign with 'Eagle' (The Lion & Eagle Antiques, probably the only lamp shade repair drive-in service in the world!)
33. In Front of a Large Statue (Making Hay by Tom Otterness, by the San Antonio River)
39. At a Dam (Admittedly not much of a dam, but the Espada Dam is still the original from the Spanish mission)
62. At a Rhyming Intersection (Ray Bon/Village Lawn. A serendipitous find; I understand why this one's worth so much now)
70. Mural that Creates an Illusion (A beautiful mural that adorns the back of a quick stop, it takes you right into a Mexican village scene.)
72. Airplane mounted on a Post (P-38 Lightning at Lackland AFB. There are dozens of airplanes on teeny jack stand looking mounts, but this was the only one actually elevated that I saw)
84. Sign with a Season (Summer Classics, 'nuff said)
95. Person Wearing Sports Paraphrenalia (After a 30 mile ride with a high wind return leg, I was lucky that my wife stood for my needing this photo...)
Another fun day, thanks Irish (still think that the Military Intelligence is a prime oxymoron example...)
RK update 012310
+I enjoyed myself on the road for about five hours yesterday, bopping around the tri-state area looking for qualifying images. The temps once again dropped down below freezing as I progressed, though. With today's freezing drizzle, I'll wait for another day to continue scoping out shots.
(#45 NO POINTS) I started off at this bucolic site on Quannacut Road abutting the Dharma Drum Retreat, but the water isn't quite "falling".
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10026.JPG
Heading south afterwards, I checked out the eastern and western O&W railroad tunnels under the Shawangunk Range. Both are publically inaccessible, so I'll have to figure something else out for #58. Continuing south, I tried to reach the NY vista looking down upon the NY/NJ/PA Delaware River scene above the city of Port Jervis, but it's closed for the season. (What? The winter season doesn't still provide a view? Sheesh! 8^D)
(#13 NO POINTS) I stopped at this Delaware River beach in the city of Port Jervis, but I think you'll agree that I captured a nicer lake image to satisfy #13 a short while later, so no points are claimed for this image.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10025.JPG
(#18 +50) Matamoras, settled 1740, at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Delaware Drive, visited after crossing the steel grate bridge carrying Route 209 over the Delaware from NY to PA.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10027.JPG
(#52 +10) One cannot stop upon the I-84 bridge between PA & NY, so I captured these images east of the Delaware River border bridge looking back into Pennsylvania. "Pennsylvania Welcomes You" (across the span).
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10033.JPG
(#27 + 50) A short distance later, before exiting I-84 at exit 1, Port Jervis, Orange County, NY, I then captured, "Welcome to New York, The Empire State".
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10034.JPG
(#13 +25) Southbound once again brought me to this Steeny Kill Lake view of the High Point Monument (NJ's highest point at 1803' above sea level) from NJ State Route 23. The latter Lake Marcia view does so within High Point State Park. The High Point Monument presents a spectacular panorama of PA/NY/NJ, including the Delaware River separation of the states.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10031.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10030.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10029.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10032.JPG
The Appalachian Trail criss-crossed several of my routes during my course of travel, including in High Point State Park, but I'll present those images a short while down page, since it's not clear that it crosses the road...
(#36 +25) Space Farms' Old Car Museum, Beemerville, NJ
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10035.JPG
(#85 +25) On Coykendall Road, Sussex, NJ, I noticed this upside-down object, a street address sign.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10036.JPG
(#68 +50) According to a sign on Nick Vander Groef's lawn, he makes windmills.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10038.JPG
I doubt he made this one at the Holland American Bakery (since 1954) in my points image.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10037.JPG
As I progressed southward on Rt. 23, I recalled the Gingerbread Castle of my youth. Located on Gingerbread Castle Road, in Hamburg, NJ, it's not a genuine castle and, though it abuts an historic forge dating to 1768 & the abandoned Wheatsworth Mills, which also resembles a castle, it doesn't qualify, so no points for these images. 8^(
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10039.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10040.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10041.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10042.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10043.JPG
Due to traffic concerns I noticed when entering Gingerbread Castle Road from Rt. 23 (long line of cars due to uncourteous drivers as I entered the road), I decided to head south to its Route 94 connection, and in the course of travel spotted what might be a qualifying water tower in the distance!
(#63 +50) Water tower with cone top and ball.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10045.JPG
At this point, I headed north on Rt. 94 toward NY, knowing that the Appalachian Trail crosses somewhere nearby. But first, I capture this, at the Nordic House Coffee House & Nordic Bakery, north of Vernon Valley/Great Gorge ski areas.
(#96 +25) A national flag other than your native country.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10046.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10047.JPG
Before crossing the New York border again, I found the Appalachian Trail crossing, accomodating a barbed wire cow pasture fence via step structure, but I'll present it further down page again, as I've still got roads to travel...
(#40 REPLACEMENT IMAGE) I already snagged the 25 points for the Fair Oaks Drive In theater, but am replacing my earlier image with this one, of the Warwick Drive In, which captures all three screens. ("See U in the Spring")
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10048.JPG
(#54 +50) At Mount Peter, I finally found what I was looking for re the Appalachian Trail image: the universal hiking sign with an official placard. It's presented first, followed by my earlier A.T. images.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10049.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10050.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10051.JPG
Coming back down the mountain on the backroads, I noticed a checkerboard water tower upon the grounds of the Mid-Orange Correctional Facility, next to its newer replacement, but I'm not sure it's "unique", so I pass.
In Florida (NY), I spend half an hour trying to locate the "Birthplace of William Seward" sign, and finally continue on.
(#20 +35) In Chester, I capture The Castle Fun Center theme park from Rt. 17M, also incorporating my earlier image from Rt. 17/I-86 in the presentation.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10052.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10053.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10020.JPG
(#82 +50) Chester also happens to be the birthplace of Hambletonian. The sign on the side of the barn reads, "Willow Valley Farm Hambletonian Birthplace".
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10056.JPG
This historic marker reads, "Hambletonian. Foaled here May 5, 1849. Progenitor of America's Famed Trotters and Pacers. The Hambletonian Society.", and the stone marker reads, "Hambletonian 10. Father of the Trotting Horse. Foaled on this spot May 5, 1849. Erected by his admirers August 15, 1935."
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10054.JPG
The monument reads, "Hambletonian. The Great Progenitor of Trotters. Born May 5, 1849. Died March 27, 1876."
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10057.JPG
As light faded and chill invaded, it was time to head home.
Ride on.
Roadkill
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_9838.jpg
+I enjoyed myself on the road for about five hours yesterday, bopping around the tri-state area looking for qualifying images. The temps once again dropped down below freezing as I progressed, though. With today's freezing drizzle, I'll wait for another day to continue scoping out shots.
(#45 NO POINTS) I started off at this bucolic site on Quannacut Road abutting the Dharma Drum Retreat, but the water isn't quite "falling".
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10026.JPG
Heading south afterwards, I checked out the eastern and western O&W railroad tunnels under the Shawangunk Range. Both are publically inaccessible, so I'll have to figure something else out for #58. Continuing south, I tried to reach the NY vista looking down upon the NY/NJ/PA Delaware River scene above the city of Port Jervis, but it's closed for the season. (What? The winter season doesn't still provide a view? Sheesh! 8^D)
(#13 NO POINTS) I stopped at this Delaware River beach in the city of Port Jervis, but I think you'll agree that I captured a nicer lake image to satisfy #13 a short while later, so no points are claimed for this image.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10025.JPG
(#18 +50) Matamoras, settled 1740, at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Delaware Drive, visited after crossing the steel grate bridge carrying Route 209 over the Delaware from NY to PA.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10027.JPG
(#52 +10) One cannot stop upon the I-84 bridge between PA & NY, so I captured these images east of the Delaware River border bridge looking back into Pennsylvania. "Pennsylvania Welcomes You" (across the span).
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10033.JPG
(#27 + 50) A short distance later, before exiting I-84 at exit 1, Port Jervis, Orange County, NY, I then captured, "Welcome to New York, The Empire State".
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10034.JPG
(#13 +25) Southbound once again brought me to this Steeny Kill Lake view of the High Point Monument (NJ's highest point at 1803' above sea level) from NJ State Route 23. The latter Lake Marcia view does so within High Point State Park. The High Point Monument presents a spectacular panorama of PA/NY/NJ, including the Delaware River separation of the states.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10031.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10030.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10029.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10032.JPG
The Appalachian Trail criss-crossed several of my routes during my course of travel, including in High Point State Park, but I'll present those images a short while down page, since it's not clear that it crosses the road...
(#36 +25) Space Farms' Old Car Museum, Beemerville, NJ
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10035.JPG
(#85 +25) On Coykendall Road, Sussex, NJ, I noticed this upside-down object, a street address sign.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10036.JPG
(#68 +50) According to a sign on Nick Vander Groef's lawn, he makes windmills.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10038.JPG
I doubt he made this one at the Holland American Bakery (since 1954) in my points image.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10037.JPG
As I progressed southward on Rt. 23, I recalled the Gingerbread Castle of my youth. Located on Gingerbread Castle Road, in Hamburg, NJ, it's not a genuine castle and, though it abuts an historic forge dating to 1768 & the abandoned Wheatsworth Mills, which also resembles a castle, it doesn't qualify, so no points for these images. 8^(
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10039.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10040.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10041.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10042.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10043.JPG
Due to traffic concerns I noticed when entering Gingerbread Castle Road from Rt. 23 (long line of cars due to uncourteous drivers as I entered the road), I decided to head south to its Route 94 connection, and in the course of travel spotted what might be a qualifying water tower in the distance!
(#63 +50) Water tower with cone top and ball.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10045.JPG
At this point, I headed north on Rt. 94 toward NY, knowing that the Appalachian Trail crosses somewhere nearby. But first, I capture this, at the Nordic House Coffee House & Nordic Bakery, north of Vernon Valley/Great Gorge ski areas.
(#96 +25) A national flag other than your native country.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10046.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10047.JPG
Before crossing the New York border again, I found the Appalachian Trail crossing, accomodating a barbed wire cow pasture fence via step structure, but I'll present it further down page again, as I've still got roads to travel...
(#40 REPLACEMENT IMAGE) I already snagged the 25 points for the Fair Oaks Drive In theater, but am replacing my earlier image with this one, of the Warwick Drive In, which captures all three screens. ("See U in the Spring")
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10048.JPG
(#54 +50) At Mount Peter, I finally found what I was looking for re the Appalachian Trail image: the universal hiking sign with an official placard. It's presented first, followed by my earlier A.T. images.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10049.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10050.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10051.JPG
Coming back down the mountain on the backroads, I noticed a checkerboard water tower upon the grounds of the Mid-Orange Correctional Facility, next to its newer replacement, but I'm not sure it's "unique", so I pass.
In Florida (NY), I spend half an hour trying to locate the "Birthplace of William Seward" sign, and finally continue on.
(#20 +35) In Chester, I capture The Castle Fun Center theme park from Rt. 17M, also incorporating my earlier image from Rt. 17/I-86 in the presentation.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10052.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10053.JPG
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10020.JPG
(#82 +50) Chester also happens to be the birthplace of Hambletonian. The sign on the side of the barn reads, "Willow Valley Farm Hambletonian Birthplace".
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10056.JPG
This historic marker reads, "Hambletonian. Foaled here May 5, 1849. Progenitor of America's Famed Trotters and Pacers. The Hambletonian Society.", and the stone marker reads, "Hambletonian 10. Father of the Trotting Horse. Foaled on this spot May 5, 1849. Erected by his admirers August 15, 1935."
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10054.JPG
The monument reads, "Hambletonian. The Great Progenitor of Trotters. Born May 5, 1849. Died March 27, 1876."
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10057.JPG
As light faded and chill invaded, it was time to head home.
Ride on.
Roadkill
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_9838.jpg
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Betty Boop USA
New member
Today's photo's
Haven't been able to ride the last 3 weeks due to the unusually cold weather in Florida and just got back from a cruise to much warmer sites. So we had to get in some riding today
, before we both go back to work tomorrow
# 21 In front of an abandoned hospital or school (75 pts)
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx138/bettyboopusa/IMG_1799.jpg
# 42 At a Spyder dealership (10 pts)
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx138/bettyboopusa/IMG_1792.jpg
# 48 In front of a firehouse (25 pts)
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx138/bettyboopusa/IMG_1795.jpg
# 56 In front of an over sized chair, must be BIG (50 pts)
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx138/bettyboopusa/IMG_1786.jpg
# 97 A pirate (50 pts)
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx138/bettyboopusa/IMG_1788.jpg
Haven't been able to ride the last 3 weeks due to the unusually cold weather in Florida and just got back from a cruise to much warmer sites. So we had to get in some riding today
, before we both go back to work tomorrow# 21 In front of an abandoned hospital or school (75 pts)
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx138/bettyboopusa/IMG_1799.jpg
# 42 At a Spyder dealership (10 pts)
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx138/bettyboopusa/IMG_1792.jpg
# 48 In front of a firehouse (25 pts)
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx138/bettyboopusa/IMG_1795.jpg
# 56 In front of an over sized chair, must be BIG (50 pts)
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx138/bettyboopusa/IMG_1786.jpg
# 97 A pirate (50 pts)
http://i749.photobucket.com/albums/xx138/bettyboopusa/IMG_1788.jpg
irish2themax
New member
Still contemplating this one since I don't see the illusion
http://weburbanist.com/2007/10/10/3d-architectural-illusions-amazing-paintings-murals-and-mosaics/
Brevet05
New member
Irish,
Maybe underthinking this, but there are actually two illusions in play here. The obvious one is the illusion of depth created by making it appear that there is a road (behind the walking couple) leading into a village in the middle distance. The second illusion is the appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe in the center.
I acknowledge that the artist wasn't as talented as those you've cited, but he was shooting for at least the illusion of depth.
Brevet05
New member
At the risk of seeming presumptuous, and because I was asked, I have shared a blank version of my Google Docs spreadsheet to simplify Irish's task. It's freely available at Google Doc's Template Page. Simply search for 'Spyderlover'. Hope this helps!
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Thanks! I wasn't looking forward to learning how this thing worked, then creating one myself. You Army fellers are alright!
Brevet05
New member
You're welcome; Lord knows you've given me loads to work with! BTW, congrats on your RT!
irish2themax
New member
Sorry...don't want to be a hardass but I can't accept it. Nice mural but there is no depth...everything is in 2 dimensions like a wall painting. Appearance of the Virgin of Guadalupe s a representation but not an illusion
THANKS for creating the Google doc master!
txknight67
New member
Oh come on! That's the only kind of windmill here in TX.nojoke
irish2themax
New member
This isn't supposed to be easy. Not all states/countries will have all of the items. And who said you can only take pics in TX?
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RK update 012610
(#98 +50) This evening on the way home, I found a Frost-o-Lantern, with Frosty the Snowman on one side, and a Jack-o-Lantern on the other, that simply gets turned around for whichever presentation is desired.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10059.JPG
(#83 +50) And, though hours from the sea, I found a lighthouse mailbox, with a functioning lamp.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10060.JPG
Ride on.
Roadkill
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_9838.jpg
(#98 +50) This evening on the way home, I found a Frost-o-Lantern, with Frosty the Snowman on one side, and a Jack-o-Lantern on the other, that simply gets turned around for whichever presentation is desired.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10059.JPG
(#83 +50) And, though hours from the sea, I found a lighthouse mailbox, with a functioning lamp.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10060.JPG
Ride on.
Roadkill
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_9838.jpg
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