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2010 Photo Scavenger Hunt

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25 {125 points} At the farthest most point in your state/country
US border crossing
26 {125 points} At an International border crossing
Mexico
27 {50 points} At a State Line crossing
Baja/Baja Sur
42 {10 points} At a Spyder dealership
BRP Los Cabos
52 {10 points} At an Entering sign to another state
Baja
66 {50 points} Welcome sign that spans a roadway
 
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12. Graffiti Mural (50 pts)
14. At Other Than Normal Bridge (50 pts)
Faux Bois Bridge, Brackenridge Park, San Antonio, TX. This bridge was featured in the October 1927 edition of Popular Mechanics:

http://books.google.com/books?id=itgDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA79&dq=Nikola%20Tes la&lr=&as_pt=MAGAZINES&rview=1&pg=PA585#v=onepage&q=Nikola%20Tesla&f=f alse
20. In Front of a Theme Park (35 pts)
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
56. Bike in front of an over sized chair, must be BIG. (50 pts)
Furniture Row, I-35 North of San Antonio
77. Sign has a misspelled word or is grammatically incorrect (50 pts) Chick-Fil-A cows ad
 
RK update 022110

+To aid in locating the southernmost point in my state (New York), I turned to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_points_of_U.S._states

It took 6-1/2 hours of saddle time to capture today's images, partially due to stop/go traffic through most of the boroughs of Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan, two hours south of my home in Ulster County. My first stop was in Staten Island, after crossing over from New Jersey via the Outerbridge Crossing...

(#25 +125) Conference House Park sits at the southern tip of Staten Island, Richmond County (New York City). Though my image includes only the park's Visitor Center, the Conference House itself, now a museum, was built by a British Naval Officer in 1680, and is named in memory of the 1776 conference convened at the house in an attempt to end the Revolutionary War.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10120.JPG

Next up was a town that's the same name as a country, and for this, I chose Jamaica, Queens (still in New York City) a scant 40 miles away (this is a BIG city), and nearly ALL bumper-to-bumper, stop & go traffic. After leaving Staten Island via the Verrazano Bridge, and traversing through Brooklyn on the Belt Parkway, an official NYC sign read, "Leaving Brooklyn. FUHGETTABOUTIT". I was unable to stop and photograph it without getting run over...

(#1 +50) In Queens, upon exiting the Van Wyck Expressway at Jamaica Avenue, I looked for a landmark satisfactory to my needs, and settled on the Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10121.JPG

A few more miles of sheer highway hell brought me to the New York Hall of Science in Corona, Queens...

(#5 +50) In front of a rocket: (Gemini Titan II, Mercury-Atlas D Rocket, Saturn V F-1 Engine)
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10122.JPG

From here, I'm bound west toward the East River and Long Island City, Queens, where I'm looking for 5 Pointz...

(#12 +50) 5Pointz Aerosol Art Center, Inc. is an outdoor art exhibit space in Long Island City, New York, considered to be the world’s premiere “graffiti Mecca,” where aerosol artists from around the globe paint colorful pieces on the walls of a 200,000-square-foot factory building.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10123.JPG

Nightfall has now ensued, and I still need to cross Manhattan in grueling traffic, but two hours later, I'm home.

Ride on.
Roadkill
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_9838.jpg
 
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59. At a county or regional border crossing (50 pts)
Bexar County, Texas, entering from Atascosa County on TX-16.

69. Unique water tower (50 pts)
Poteet, Texas. Water tower modified to give the appearance of a strawberry, complete with stem. Poteet is the home of the annual Strawberry Festival, the largest agricultural festival in Texas.


41 down, 59 to go...
 
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38. Photo of you and a celebrity (250 points); Can be from any profession
Willie Buchanon Oceanside local football star stop by shop today. Father of William Buchanon former NFL Carolina Panthers player.

* Green Bay Packers (1972-1978)
* Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame Inductees
* San Diego Chargers (1979-1982)
* 3× Pro Bowl selection (1973, 1974, 1978)
* 1× All-Pro selection (1978)
* 1972 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year
* SDSU Aztec Hall Of Fame Inductees
* San Diego Padres (1969) first year San Diego Padres joined the ranks of Major League Baseball
 
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61. Horse Hitching Post (100 pts). This is actually within a mile of my house, but I hadn't noticed it. I was commenting to my wife that you'd think Texas would have a hitching post or two, and she told me about this one...:shemademe_smilie:

42 down, 58 to go...
 
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txknight67 said:
Love that pink/purple bike and also that special edition white. Too bad that white came out after I already bought my bike. That is one sweet looking ride.

HMMMMM!!!!! How hard is the tupperware to paint? I've seen photo's of a tangerine orange one. Doubt that is a "wrap job".
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Nope the Orange one is not a wrap, it's my wife's and it's painted Lamborgini Orange with a pearl on top.
 
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13. At a lake or beach. Braunig Lake, a man-made 1350 acre power plant cooling lake south of San Antonio (25 pts)

63. A Water Tower with Cone and Ball design. Adjacent to the Braunig Power Plant (50 pts)

82. At a famous Birthplace. Just in time for the Centennial of Military Flight, this shot at the historical marker for the "Birthplace of Military Aviation" At the Garrison Flagpole, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Rode to see both the flying and non-flying replicas of the Wright Brothers' Model B Flyer, which are at the Stinson Airfield and Fort Sam Houston MacArthur Parade Field respectively to celebrate the event. (50 pts)

45 down, 55 to go....
 
chris56 said:
fantastic !! but just wait till the snowmans here in austria are dead..
then i restart with my camera..
chris
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Chris,
Looking forward to it! With the possible exception of Miss Texas, Austria certainly has more beautiful scenery than Texas. We've kilometer after kilometer of scrub brush and cactus, and no mountains to speak of. That said, there's also a lot of great riding here, especially for February!
 
Brevet05 said:
Chris,
Looking forward to it! With the possible exception of Miss Texas, Austria certainly has more beautiful scenery than Texas. We've kilometer after kilometer of scrub brush and cactus, and no mountains to speak of. That said, there's also a lot of great riding here, especially for February!
Click to expand...

you are right - if you got miss texas - i always travel with miss world...(hope "she" reads that one time..)
chris
 
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3. Town that has the same name as a foreign town/city (25 points)
Carlsbad, Ca = Carlsbad, Czech Republic
{Karlovy Vary in czech or Karlsbad in german}

5. In front of a rocket (50 points)
Atlas rocket at San Diego Aerospace Museum Gillespie Field Annex

41. At a race track or drag strip (50 points)
Barona Speedway 1/8 drag and 1/4 mile clay track

62. Rhyming intersection (street names)(250 points)???
Unida Place and Haveteur Way
U need a Place then Have it your way

69. Unique water tower (50 points)
El Cajon Water Tower made from Cor-Ten steel, which starts off blue-gray in color but turns to a reddish brown color with weathering. Although it may look like rust, the reddish brown coloring actually protects against rust.

85. Upside down object (25 points)
Row boat mounted upside down as an awning
 
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21. In front of an abandoned hospital or school (75 points)
Hollydale mental hospital / The Farm - Downey, CA Hawthorne & 7500 Descano Downey, CA 90242 {N 33.92348 W 118.16286}

24. At the top of a mountain (50 points); Must say “Summit” or “Peak”
Double Peak Park San Marcos, CA

32. At a tire company symbol (25 points)
Goodyear bimp

34. At a politician’s birth place (50 points)
Richard Nixon Yorbo Linda, Ca

35. At a castle (25 points)
Rubel Castle

56. Bike in front of an over sized chair, must be BIG (50 points)
LA Mart

77. Sign has a misspelled word or is grammatically incorrect (50 points)
City sign spelled Fransisco not Francisco

73. Sign that has been translated into at least three languages (100 points)
Chinese, English and Vietnamese

80. Sign with many arrows pointing in different (50 points)
Sister cities sign in Los Angeles, CA

82. Famous Birthplaces "This is the Birthplace of ________." (50 points)
Beach Boys Hawthorne, CA
 
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