Game time part three

It seems barren for miles... Africa?

Africa, yes, but more specific.

Victoria Falls?

Victoria Falls is the only falls I know of in Africa
So I am going to guess Victoria Falls

Ding ding ding!! We have a winner! You're up!! Sunny, you posted a few seconds before Tom!

Welcome to the game Sunnykm!

Quick review of how it goes for any lurkers / newbies

Post a picture that you have taken any where in the world.
If folks are having problems hints are encouraged, but don't give it away
You may use other pictures as part of the hints, but the original picture is still the one that has to be id
After 18 hours if no one has id the picture - the use of Google is permitted
Who is the first to guess it and has been confirmed by the original poster it is their turn to post the next one.

Reminder - make sure the name of the photo does not identified the photo.

Let the fun begin........... again!

Looks like fun so try this shot. I will give a hint, it is in North America.

Denali.

Denali was my guess also.

Mt McKinley...for over 100 years

Welcome new game players.!
Do not want to get multiple threads going here.

Carol can you use your power to move to the other active thread please.

Also in Game Time 3 a quick review of how we been playing.
You have to guess correctly and the original poster has to confirm it.
Before you post please

We are SOOOOOO glad you guys have joined.
Look forward to lots of new places showing up.

Please Check Game Time #3

Tom--done, I moved this one here. Where are we? Who's up?

So we had a little confusion - No big deal
Bruce S posted an AMAZING shot of a non-confirmed mountain
We have two guesses in on that picture in Thread 4

On this thread Sunnykm is up for the next picture post

However to get back on track whoever - Sunnykm or the BruceS winner is confirmed they can post the next picture
on this thread that is the one we will go with.


Remember only one pic in the game at a time.
When the the thread reaches 10 pages we will start a new thread.

I found my photo I want to post...I will try posting

Hope this posts my photo!

Photo posted fine, but I don't have a clue.

Since Sunnykm is from CA

I am going with La Jolla, CA

Not quite Tom...I am from California, but the photo is not La Jolla

Is it on the Pacific Ocean?

Yes, on the Pacific Ocean ...

Monterey peninsula. The lone cypress

yes near Pebble Beach CC!

Lone Cypress

I now see I’m about an hour late.

Cypress Point Golf Club?

Travel Hat got it first!! Favorite place in California for hubby and I. Lone Cypress is held up with cables after a pretty windy storm a few years ago. Beautiful photo spot, in fact, took a while to find one without us in it.

We went to visit Carmel in June to celebrate our anniversary. Played Pacific Grove Golf Links (terrific public course--back nine on the water) Pebble Beach had just reopened and we spent the entire day there watching the golfers finish out on 18. Gorgeous day! Perfect weather and fantastic Greyhounds (cheers!).

BTW in my photo here on TTOL, the water in the background is Monterey Bay

I love the sea otters out there. Was out there 35 years ago. Need to go back.

Wish I was here today

Blake is my middle name and a family name.
I remember when I first saw the building
I was staying in this city, but working in a shipyard 35 miles north
Of course one day after work I stopped half way to buy some waterproof boots

Fun place
I will defer for awhile
give some of the new folks a chance
Of course i did drop a hint or two

Great place for a lobster pie

I think BruceS’s photo is Mt Rainer. We still need to close that one out, although not for a win.

I would guess Portland, ME for Travelhat’s pic.

TRIM - TravelHat works flexible hours so stay tuned, I am sure he will confirm soon.
BTW - Welcome

Thanks Tom. I have been following y’all for a couple of weeks now. I finally got to jump in and guess. I was too late on all of the previous pictures that I knew. I love your game and hope it keeps going. Thank you for starting this and keeping it moving. Your pictures are an inspiration to travel to new places.

Welcome TRIM. You are correct. Here are a few more from a trip we took one afternoon on the mail boat. It services 11 islands and they let you travel along.

Here is my picture.

operating on phone but from the small screen it looks like something you would see in Texas

I would agree that it looks like Texas, but it is not.

Are we in the right country?

Looks like a lighthouse

Yes, it is in the U.S. it is coastal and can been seen from a boat.

It is not a lighthouse.

looks like a warer tower

It is a water tower, built in 1937.

on the far right side looks like a silhouette of a palm tree
So if it is a water tower
located in the USA
I am going with it is on an island (maybe in the Keys) in Florida

Good eyes there, Tom! The original poster lives in Charleston, and there ARE some palm trees there, you know!

Good eye for sure. Those are palm trees. Not close to Charleston. It is on an island, or should we say a key.....but not those keys.

Of course in my best Charleston typing dialect...
No monstrosity like that would dare be seen in Charlesssston...
We make our towers out brick...

Most of my family is from Richmond so I know...

Favorite line from the movie 1776 when NC delegate rose to vote on the declaration of independence
North Carolina just a small column humility between two pillars of conceit votes Aye!
VA and SC go hand in hand and do not think you will see a water tower like that.

So know we need to narrow it down.
Trim (50/50 Chance) I am going to say it is on the.... Gulf Side
Yes or No we will now know what side it is on.

Gulf side is correct.

The water tower is sitting just outside of the restaurant, up the hill maybe 50 yards. I am sure several people have eaten there, and will recognize the landmark.

Well I was going to guess Captiva, but for the life of me I do not remember any hills

I stayed at Captiva the night before I took this picture. No hills on Captiva that any larger than a sand bunker. The hill I am referring to is a Florida hill, elevation of 15 to 20 ft. You are narrowing in, but if you don’t recognize it now, you aren’t going to guess it without google at the 18 hour mark.

Pensacola?

is it legal to phone a friend? if so i have a guess.....

Dunno. Talk to Tom. He is the rules guy!

That’s funny. Tom will have to make that call. I would think phoning a friend is worth the effort, but if you just texted, that is too easy.
One more clue before Beerman gets it. This place is rumored to be the inspiration for a cheeseburger song. Of course as you travel the Caribbean, there are several places with similar claims.
Name it Beerman.

Parents had a place close to there....Cabbage Key?

That’s it. Cabbage Key is in the sound end of Charlotte Harbor, just off of Pine Island. The restaurant is very popular and can only be reached by boat. Supposedly Jimmy Buffett’s Cheeseburger in Paradise was inspired by or written at Cabbage Key. The water tower shown in the picture is a well known landmark for Cabbage Key. I wish I had taken a picture of it in the day light, but the night time picture with the moon was just too cool.

Beerman, you are up.

Where was I?

US Vatican Embassy

Jimmy put the rumors to rest about where "Cheeseburger in Paradise" was inspired. Village Cay Marina in Road Town, BVI! He talks about this on Radio Margaritaville during the intro to the song.

Sorry Tom, not the embassy

No doubt in my mind that it is in Washington DC
Please do not tell me I am wrong... I would be very

The Pope must have been in town

I want to say National Art Gallery on the back side...
But the bell confuses me....

Maybe DAR Constitution Hall... but I do not remember windows....

So for now Washington DC

Yes, iWashington DC but where in DC?

Pope Francis was visiting DC in 2015. The pic was taken between 2 significant landmarks, on a road that was closed after 9/11.

Union Station in DC?

This location is about mid way between Union Station and the Vatican Embassy....

I'm surprised, but Eric didn't know where it is either. Is the google rule now in effect?

google away!

It looks like the District Building.

Treasury Building

I said it was the Treasury Building to Eric and he said no..

Sleepychef is correct! I'm on East Executive Avenue between the Treasury building and the East Wing of the White House. The bell is a replica of the Liberty Bell. I was lucky enough to see Pope Francis arrive via a mini Fiat!

A very cool place to get a suntan or burn as the case may be

Beerman--Guess Eric isn't too observant, after working in DC for twenty years!

Carol, that was a tough angle, but I thought the bell might give it away ha!

I just think it's funny, I got it and he didn't, as I almost never went into DC, after I graduated from GW. And then, I went straight to school and straight home!

A place as a child I always wanted to visit... I think
Lake Titicaca

TomB that was too easy for you and its a wonderful place to visit, just remember the sunscreen on the back of your hands, I didn't!

I was lucky enough to have a teacher that truly got me excited about two places... Malta and Lake Titicaca
I have been to Malta (and loved it) Not sure I will make it but I would love to go to Lake Titicaca.
Thanks for the Advice!

So where to now you ask...

Next is a set of very famous doors, albeit no longer used as an entrance.

I am sure everyone knows about what lies on the other side and have probably passed through these doors via the written word or by watching a movie.

#10 Downing Street?

Nope... Not #10
Too quick for another clue, but I am working on a great clue....

I have worked in this country also and the trains run all night into this city

Well let us introduce a new way to provide a hint... Sound
You may have to press the arrow twice to get it to play

Here is a link to The Hint

Doors to nine and three quarters?

jphart

I would have had no idea what you are talking about until a young co-worker dragged my a$$ across London to take this picture for her boyfriend
Good Guess - Wrong City

BTW - not sure where she is now and hopefully will not be upset that I posted her pic... but she was real excited 9 years ago

So we know now that sleepychef knows where it is
We are not in London
You can hear bells from the doors....
and
????????????

Are you looking for Camden? Perhaps King Cross station?

Nope the picture in play is not in London.

However...
From inside the doors one could hear the bells
And when one awoke in the morning this was their view

This morning's hint:
Whether it was typhus or typhoid fever the resident who lived behind these doors did not die alone.

Typhoid Mary's birthplace............;-)

Typhoid Mary's place of death?

Hint: Check the bookcase for the answer to this picture

No it is not Typhoid Mary Birthplace

So we now know...
- That the doors are not England
- You can hear bells
- A very strange view from the window
- The resident died of Typhoid or Typhus
- They did not die alone
- And the bookcase is the key...

Where could these doors be????

Oh yeah - One resident did survive

I have attached another hint - look carefully, but do not think it will help immediately.

I am opening the use of Google at 1000 EST or 1400 UTC (approx 30 minutes from this post)

Well, obviously, the clue is the address, but doubt it will help me anyway.

Behind the green door?
And, no, never saw it.

BIG HINT
The protagonist of our story and who lived here is a young girl...

Duh. Anne Frank??

Carol.... You Are Correct!
Tell me you have read the book or seen the movie...
Probably years ago.

A must see when visiting Amsterdam!
After the germ goes away and travel is once again permissible, I highly recommend Amsterdam.
Great Museums, Great Food, Some of the nicest people in the world.
I particularly like going in the middle of winter when the tourists are at a minimum.

Make reservations and do not skip the Anne Frank Huis!

Carol you are up!

We actually have been there, Tom. It was in the 80s, and just for one day, in Amsterdam itself. We went to the Anne Frank House, but we went to Holland mostly for the tulips. We also went to southern Germany and a couple of other places. Unfortunately, all my pictures from there are slides, which I guess someday I should pay to get put on disc. I have no idea how much that stuff costs.

My edit job on this pic isn't nearly as elegant as Tom would have done, but here goes.

Carol,

Best Buy (Amazon) sell a reasonable slide copier that you stick the slide in a slot and it saves it to a JPEG that can be transferred.
Idiots delight for sure, but that is how I have captured most of my old pics into digital format.

They are not the quality to blow up into large pictures, but fine for digital posting and kindling great memories
The key is that the slides have been saved in a dry cool space...
Basements are not necessarily good for the longevity of slides

Tom--huh, I will have to try to look for that. Ours have been stored in air conditioning, so should be fine, although I confess I haven't looked at them in many years.

Is that Skagway train up in Alaska?

Wow, now I thought that would be harder than that. That's not the actual name of it though.

i was on it last year

had to ask the wife, White Pass it was a trip from the cruise ship , it was ok for me but my son loves trains that why we went on it.

You get around! Still got to give me the actual name of it!

I was going to post this later in the game lol it was White Pass, this is not the next clue as its the same place

OK, correct! That's funny. Anyway, you're up!

Tom--I went ahead and ordered a cheap machine to transfer the slides ($50), so will do a few of them and see how good a job it does. I always thought you had to pay someone to do that stuff. Shows you what I know!

Great for a walk

Some hook directly to a computer and some save to a SD card or some type of media.
It is a pain in the butt, but addictive once you start
Pay attention to your naming conventions.
The one I have automatically resets when you turn it off.
It will start with IMG-001 and when you turn it off and then start again later it will reset with the slide name as IMG-001 when you turn it back on.

Okay sleepychef this pictures looks truly off the beaten trail ...

Going to have start with a very broad brush!

Was the picture taken in Europe?

The one I got hooks directly to the computer. Thanks for the warning regarding naming conventions.

Yes Europe

Scotland?

Had not thought of Scotland

I was guessing Eastern Europe, but I think you may be on the right trail

You on the right track Tom but just.

Its in a country that split in 2, with the name of Englands invaders as well as a neutral county

Estonia?

Its in a National Park still wrong country

Czechoslovakia split in two
Yugoslavia became multiple

Former Czechoslovakia?

Czech

18 hours have passed since the original post
Google is now open for use!

Old Gasworks House in Hrensko
Bohemian Switzerland National Park

Definitely off the beaten path!
Love to hear what took you there!

You are correct Tom!

My thumb , it took me everywhere from 85-2004 it was only once I arrived in the BVI that I settled and stopped travelling, well started using a suitcase instead of my rucksack

Wow sleepychef - that must have been quiet a journey

Well did you ever use your thumb to get here

Where are these cars going... Why was I stupid enough to follow them.

If its USA then no...

Tom--I sort of remember a trip report by you about driving over a dry lake bed, or something similar. I'm too lazy to go look for it now though.

Not in the USA
And Carol when you have the energy you may be rewarded
But it is no lake...

Tom--I don't have any pictures here at home now anyway, so even if I guessed, I couldn't post a picture until Monday.. ...probably... I can't believe it came in ONE DAY, but my slide converter thing came in already, so I guess maybe we will try to play with it this weekend..

Campobello Island?

EllenS - You are very close to where the picture was taken, but I think you can get closer...

BTW one of my personal favorite shots I have taken is of the lighthouse on Campobello Island

So EllenS has brought you very close to the location.
Ironically, the owner could not ride a train to his private getaway

Something with the Vanderbilts?

The Canadian who was the northern equal to Vanderbilt.

I’m going to need google to get past this clue.

Ministers Island. I remembered that pic in your blog and found it! That lighthouse pic is PERFECT!

Beerman you are correct! EllenS was soooooooooooo close.

Indeed it is Ministers Island just off the shore near St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. It was a getaway for Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, KCMG. Who was American-born who built Canadian trans-continental railway. The island is only reachable twice a day for a short period depending on the tides of the Bay Fundy.

Here is a link to our blog Northern Adventure that Carol and Beerman mentioned.

You are up Beerman.... Sorry EllenS

Great blog, Tom! I was nice to read it again.

?

Carol thank you - it was a great trip

As a MAJOR JB fan I will let this on slip by... for awhile.

"Shocking, simply shocking" ha!

Schilthorn Piz Gloria. Not sure on the spelling but a beautiful spot.

You are correct Ellen. It is a great place for sure and we had pretty clear skies that day!

Probably an easy one. But it is my current view.

We also had amazing blue skies when we were there. Don’t have many pictures with me, but this one shows the bright skies we had.

Ellen

Little St James?

Winner!

Wow. I wasn't sure. The picture was not quite clear enough to tell if that was the palm trees and mansion on the top. I am kind of surprised that I beat all of the sailors on here. Maybe they spend too much time in the BVI. Little St James, just off of St Thomas.

Ok, here is my picture.

Stelvio Pass, Italy?

Winner!
Passo del Stelvio on the Italian/Switzerland border. The 2nd highest pass road in the Alps. I attached a couple of pictures from the same day on the other side of the pass and at the top of the pass. Those pictures were only take about 15 minutes before the sunny, beautiful day pictures on the other side of the pass.

Jeannius, you are up.

Ellen we walked into Lauterbrunnen with backpacks on and NO reservation. Lucked out and found a room at the Hotel Oberland, they actually closed for the season the day we checked out! Where did you stay when you were there? We do want to go back, perhaps stay in Murren next time? we hiked down from Murren...

I can’t imagine riding a motorcycle in those conditions.

Beerman
We stayed in Murren. And loved it. Did a bunch of hiking up there. The name of the hotel escapes me right now but you felt like you were hanging over the valley. The day we were leaving the clouds came in and we were in it. We were there October 2016. Loved Switzerland. Those cows and their bells. It was like a symphony.

Ellen

Took this pic at Hotel Alpina in Murren during a hike! The views!!!

A long, long time since I've been there but you don't forget those roads! Now to find a photo. Here you go...

Valencia

I have never seen a solar chart like that before, but now I have to have one for my patio. I don’t know where it was but I am googling the charts now. So no guess from me,

Me neither but it is very cool

So I don’t have my pictures with me but the views and me and me and the cows. Love those cows.

Still no idea on the last picture

Ellen

Correct. Did you know that or did you get it by reading the side of the office building?

Part of the spectacular Arts and Sciences centre... http://www.valencia-cityguide.com/tourist-attractions/the-city-of-arts-and-sciences.html

i've never seen this complex? the design is cool!

yes the writing on the building gave it away, though I have been in Valencia it was 87 so a while ago.

an easy one as its early.

Knew I should have got rid of that text!

OK, may be easy to others, but I don't have a clue.

in the USA

I am going to guess a Disney hotel?

Ellen--could be!! I live 45 minutes from there and we have NEVER been to Disney!! Not interested!

which one EllenS?

We.ve been to the park once, 22 years ago when our daughter was 3....is it The Lodge??

Yes Beerman

I actually googled after my guess and I think I'm wrong haha!!!

I thinks it’s the wilderness lodge. At least from my googling. So you win. I was only thinking about their animal park, but no name came to me.

Yes the Wilderness Lodge place is huge, rooms are tiny, even the good rooms lol

Oh... how European

Ok I'll take a 1/2 win with half the name! When we went we stayed in a baseball themed hotel...my sisters family organized the trip for a bunch of us, her family is ALL BASEBALL ALL THE TIME!!

ok where were we?.............

Port Canaveral?

I am going with Key West

I went with Port Canaveral because he was talking about baseball, and it's a long way from Key West to anywhere they play pro baseball, but you could be right.

Correct Tom!!

You're up, Tom!

Very strange building...

Italy?

I'm going Spain.

Italy - No
Spain - Yes

Salamanca?

Carol - you are correct

Casa de las Conchas (House of Shells) was built around 1500.
The builder was a Knight in Order of Santiago de Compostela
The shells are symbols of the Order - There are 300+ on the building.
He was also a professor at the University of Salamanca, which is the third oldest in the world.

Also where I attend a summer program in 1972 that changed my life.
If you are bored here is a rewind our blog returning to city 40+ years later Por Fin Volvemos

I am going to have to stop using blog pics....

You are up Carol!

I was waiting for the clue...Breaking Bad

Tom--Having some connection issues here, was trying to upload a picture and no go. Soon come..

Sorry for the delay, guys. We had a huge power surge here yesterday. Knocked out the a/c, telephone and internet, blew three battery backups, a bunch of lightbulbs AND my KEURIG!! Still assessing what other damage, although thankfully, got a/c back. Anyway, I will be offline most of the day. So I will close this one.

Tom, you're up, go ahead and start a new thread and maybe the next one you win, you can let me post the pic. Or not!!