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2010 Photo Scavenger Hunt

dltang said:
So does that mean these have already been used? Also, I know it is your contest and your rules but that township in Ontario is not a word, it is many words. Don't see how that can count. It seems like it should be one word, not hyphenated, or commas or spaces. That first one, the name of the lake, that one is probably a winner though.
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Deb,

Think these are examples of place names from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_word

Since I just happened to be in the vicinity of Washington-on-the-Brazos (cited in the Wikipedia article, by the way) I thought I'd better snag it after Irish used the hyphenated example of Thai name for Bangkok: Krung-thep-maha-nakorn-boworn-ratana-kosin-mahintar-ayudhya-amaha-dilok-pop-nopa-ratana-rajthani-burirom-udom-rajniwes-mahasat-arn-amorn-pimarn-avatar-satit-sakattiya-visanukam; it has the Guinness World record for longest place name in the world.
 
dltang said:
So does that mean these have already been used? Also, I know it is your contest and your rules but that township in Ontario is not a word, it is many words. Don't see how that can count. It seems like it should be one word, not hyphenated, or commas or spaces. That first one, the name of the lake, that one is probably a winner though.
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No...none have been used. And I agree that it should be one word
 
Brevet05 said:
Deb,

Think these are examples of place names from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_word

Since I just happened to be in the vicinity of Washington-on-the-Brazos (cited in the Wikipedia article, by the way) I thought I'd better snag it after Irish used the hyphenated example of Thai name for Bangkok: Krung-thep-maha-nakorn-boworn-ratana-kosin-mahintar-ayudhya-amaha-dilok-pop-nopa-ratana-rajthani-burirom-udom-rajniwes-mahasat-arn-amorn-pimarn-avatar-satit-sakattiya-visanukam; it has the Guinness World record for longest place name in the world.
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Verb, I believe they are places, just not one long word as per the contest.
 
RK update 040310

(04/03/10)

+I enjoyed a beautiful 500-mile ride today, snagging along the way...

(#2a/2b +25) Same name town in different states
Chester, Connecticut
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10194.JPG
Chester, Massachusetts
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10402.JPG

(#80 +50) Sign with many arrows pointing in different directions
In Chester, Connecticut
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10193.JPG

(#56 +50) Bike in front of an over sized chair, must be BIG
Gardner, Massachusetts is known as the "Chair City" and "The Furniture Capital of New England", due to its long history in furniture production. By 1910 it had 20 chair factories which produced 4 million chairs per year.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10196.JPG

(#88 +100) A sign with the longest word
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg, also known as Webster Lake, is the longest place name in the United States and among the longest (6th) in the world. With the name coming from the local Nipmuc Indians, it is believed to mean “Fishing Place at the Boundaries — Neutral Meeting Grounds.” Formed after the glaciers retreated, Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg includes three spring-fed lakes joined by narrow channels and is the center of recreational activities that include swimming, fishing and boating.
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10197.JPG

Ride on.
Roadkill
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10125.JPG
 
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Sequential numbering? (#81)

+While I would consider descending numerals to also be sequential, 4321 ft. for example, would you please clarify, Irish?

Can the numbers sequentially increase OR sequentially decrease?

Ride on.
Roadkill
 
dltang said:
Sounds like fun. It is safe to assume we will use the honor policy so that these pictures all have to happen in 2010. For example, I know I have some of these photos already from our previous journeys but those wouldn't count, correct. Everything has to be fresh and new. I will make sure and set the date on my camera, I'm not sure I can date the photo on my iphone but I will see what kind of app I can find. This will be fun.
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So I have to get ANOTHER ticket while in Gatlinburg this year? :gaah:
 
FINALLY starting on my scavenger hunt!

I am going to shamelessly borrow from Roadkill's format here. I kind of like it. Unfortunately cannot connect with Google Docs from work, so will have to link to it later to get credit for our points as I am not going to try and tally them here. Just tell ya'll about our awesome trip last Saturday.

A gorgeous day in the TX Panhandle; 80F, very little wind (5-10MPH), and the oldest son home to watch his sister. Time to RYDE! Loaded up My Lady and away we went.

First stop was right across the street from our house for a fire house photo,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0034.jpg.

Gassed up and headed out of town only to spot this at the DQ as soon as we pulled out of the gas station,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0035.jpg
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0036.jpg

After the quick stop for those pictures we proceeded on to our original destination. This unique water tower,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0038.jpg

And this is the reason for that water tower and why over half the town of Groom has Britten as a surname or one in their family tree somewhere,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0039.jpg

The we headed off to Pampa, TX. Along the way went past this cotton field full of money wells,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0040.jpg
Just thought some might find it amusing seeing oil wells in the middle of tilled fields.

We attempted to get a picture in front of a live animal other than a pet, but the subjects were not very co-operative.
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0042.jpg
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0043.jpg
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0044.jpg
If you look closely, there is a couple of Prairie Dogs about 10 yards in front of the bike. They have holes all through that area, but until those two called all clear they others weren't going to poke their heads out....Oh well, on to other things we knew we could get pictures of.

We reached our destination in Pampa, the local museum
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0046.jpg
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0047.jpg
and not sure if this will qualify as an aircraft on a pole or not,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0049.jpg
and in front of a military aircraft
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0050.jpg

After we got there and poked around a bit, we realized it was a war memorial as well,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0051.jpg
that was as close as we could get to the actual memorial, but here are the inscriptions,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0053.jpg
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0054.jpg
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0056.jpg
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0057.jpg

Close by was the aircraft I wanted to get a picture of with the bike in front, but it was too far back,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0058.jpg
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0059.jpg

Heading out of Pampa we came across this sign and I submit for judgment a sign with many arrows pointing different directions,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0061.jpg

Continuing we came across this derelict station and I submit it for judgment as an old gas station....or does it need to be a "Route 66" style station?
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0063.jpg
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0064.jpg
I mean look at the gas prices. That ought to qualify for something.:roflblack:

Further out of town we came across this field of derelict cars. If the Mack truck doesn't pass muster as a vintage car I can guarantee that somewhere in that field is a car older than 1970:ohyea:
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0067.jpg

We then crossed over into the next county,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0068.jpg
followed shortly by a historical marker, which I had to put my life in danger to obtain that photo as the turn out wasn't big enough, so I had to run across to the median to get this picture, :joke:
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0071.jpg
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0070-1.jpg

We then detoured through White Deer because we saw this water tower from the road and I wondered if it might qualify for the Cap and Ball tower,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0078.jpg

On the way through the "big" city of White Deer to the water tower, we saw this,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0072.jpg
which I have always liked those old style corner car dealerships. Thought it might bring back memories for some.

We "raced" some cotton harvesters out of White Deer,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0076.jpg
on our way to the wind farm,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0081.jpg
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0082.jpg
Now those are windmills Irish.:joke: Just givin' ya a hard time.:D

We were able to find a little more co-operative animal other than a pet, but only just,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0084.jpg

Then for no points, another historical marker. This one to illustrate just how treeless the Panhandle was. This is "the first tree planted in the panhandle",
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0087.jpg
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0089.jpg
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0091-1.jpg
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0092.jpg

Close by was what passes for a lake up here, I submit for judgment as well,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0095.jpg

Then as we neared Amarillo, we spied this on the horizon....it seems the local Tyson factory had a water tower like what Irish is looking for. I couldn't get an angle that showed the Tyson emblazoned on the ball, but here is the water tower,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0096-1.jpg

Thinking we might find a better aircraft on a pole we pulled into the old airfield,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0103.jpg
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0104.jpg
Not sure if you will be able to make it out, but cut into the stone is English Field. For a good history of the airfield read this,
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/facility/amarillo.htm

Further on we went into the decommissioned Airbase part and came across this,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0098.jpg
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0099.jpg
Does a detention center count as a prison?

With these cool water towers close by,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0100.jpg
Anyway I find them interesting.

Finally, as the sun was setting and the cell phone was ringing informing us that our children had arrived at the restaraunt we were to meet them at, we came across this,
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/af189/txknight67/DSCF0106.jpg.
which for those of you outside of TX, the TDCJ stands for Texas Dept of Criminal Justice (aka, a prison).

Didn't get a picture, but we had put 108 miles on the bike by the time we got to the restaraunt and we still needed to get home which was another 50 miles to complete the circle.
 
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RK update 042210

+Riding westward after work looking for a sign-posted vista view netted me nothing at the I84 pulloff at the crest of the Shawangunk Range (just bad-numbered elevation signs), so I aimed for Elks - Brox Memorial Park overlooking Port Jervis at the Delaware, and finally Hawk's Nest over the Delaware.

(#51 +25) Nationally renowned Hawk's Nest over the Delaware River
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10212.JPG

Ride on.
Roadkill
http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_10125.JPG
 
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