***Where am I now?*** (game) (4)

[Sir Plug]

Utah?

[Roy Mathers]

California?

No

California?

Are there petroyglyphs nearby?

Still no! (There might be some petroglyphs, but I didn't see any:))

[Roy Mathers]

Utah?

No.

[BmanH]

Arizona?

[Roy Mathers]

Yes.

[BmanH]

Is it close to "The Wave"?

[Sir Plug]

Sedona, Arizona?

[Sir Plug]

Obvious, I know but Grand Canyon?

[BmanH]

Painted Desert?

[Roy Mathers]

Is it close to "The Wave"?

Tell me where the wave is please.

Sedona, Arizona?

No.

Obvious, I know but Grand Canyon?

No

Painted Desert?

I believe it might be part of it.

[Sir Plug]

Flagstaff

[Roy Mathers]

No.

[sparkin]

Petrified forest ?

[BmanH]

Are you looking for the particular name of this mountain? Little Painted Desert?

[Roy Mathers]

Petrified forest ?


No
Are you looking for the particular name of this mountain? Little Painted Desert?

Yes I am - and no it's not.

[DDCSD]

North of Phoenix?

[Roy Mathers]

Yes.

[BmanH]

Ithink it's here (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=painted+desert&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=painted+desert&hnear=&ll=35.071593,-109.79805&spn=0.068842,0.145912&t=h&z=13) but I can't find the name of the mountain. Does it end with "Point"?

[Roy Mathers]

I think your link leads to the Petrified Forest, and we have established that it isn't that. I think you may be misleading yourself by thinking of it as a mountain. Oh - and it doesn't end in 'Point'.

[BmanH]

Darn. The pictures I'm looking at look so similar so I thought I had it. The plot thickens then. North to northeast of Flagstaff?

[Roy Mathers]

Yes.

[Roy Mathers]

Bedtime now for me - see you in the morning.

[sparkin]

Is it at Chinle, round about here:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinle_Badlands.jpg

[Roy Mathers]

No sir.

[glhs509]

What bugs me is that it's the same vista as shown here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteshadowphotography/2437850391/), but expanding the search doesn't pinpoint the name of the feature in question....

[glhs509]

How about Blue Mesa?

[Roy Mathers]

How about Blue Mesa?

No.

What bugs me is that it's the same vista as shown here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteshadowphotography/2437850391/), but expanding the search doesn't pinpoint the name of the feature in question....


This is (I'm 99.9% sure) part of the Painted Desert but this particular part has a specific name. There are photographs and plenty of references on the web about it. I'd hate to think that it was too difficult for you sleuths but, if it is, I'll have to help you home in on it - or give you the answer.

[glhs509]

Roy, assuming it is part of the Painted Desert, is it located in the western region of the area, accessed around Tuba City?

[Roy Mathers]

Yes.

[BmanH]

What bugs me is that it's the same vista as shown here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteshadowphotography/2437850391/), but expanding the search doesn't pinpoint the name of the feature in question....

Those are the same photos I'm looking at but I can't find the name of it. I'm sure of course once the answer is given we'll all smack our foreheads...

[monty28428]

Is this a canyon Roy ?

[sparkin]

Is the person in the picture looking at dinosaur tracks ?

[Roy Mathers]

Is this a canyon Roy ?

No.

Is the person in the picture looking at dinosaur tracks ?

No - it would be indelicate of me to tell you what she was looking for!:D

[jacuff]

Kachina Point?

[Roy Mathers]

No - it doesn't have 'Point' in its name.

[jacuff]

Does it have Wash in the name?

[BmanH]

Is it off of Highway 160?

[glhs509]

Well Roy, I'm guessing it was taken from this turnoff (http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&q=tuba+city&ie=UTF8&start=0&hq=&hnear=Tuba+City,+Coconino,+Arizona&ll=36.087101,-111.367689&spn=0.003277,0.006925&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=36.087008,-111.367686&panoid=Z-JrjHFRtbydWwZurwgJGw&cbp=12,67.24,,0,8.52)...unfortunately I've given up on tracking the actual name of this particular feature...good luck all!

[sparkin]

You were on the Navajo trail, right ?

[Roy Mathers]

Does it have Wash in the name?

No

Is it off of Highway 160?

No, but it's on a road off the 160

You were on the Navajo trail, right ?

I have to plead ignorance here - I don't know what the Navajo trail is.

[Roy Mathers]

Sean

I've just found out what the Navaho Trail is - and I think I answered the question in the post above.

[BmanH]

What direction were you facing when you took this photo? N,E,W, or South?

[Roy Mathers]

Well, what a question! I don't honestly remember, but I'm pretty sure it would have been south.

[Kendoway]

We are 55 posts into this one boys and girls - it could be a record breaker! :D

[BmanH]

Well, what a question! I don't honestly remember, but I'm pretty sure it would have been south.

Yea I'm just grasping at straws on that question. So then I take it that it is south of 160 then?

[Roy Mathers]

You know, it's amazing - you can never tell with WAIN which pictures are difficult to identity and which are easy. Many a time I have posted a picture that I thought would cause problems and it was guessed very quickly. This one I genuinely thought would go go very quickly! I didn't realise it would be such a stinker!

[Roy Mathers]

Yea I'm just grasping at straws on that question. So then I take it that it is south of 160 then?

Yes.

[Sir Plug]

Baby Rocks, Navajo County, Arizona?

[Roy Mathers]

No - and it doesn't have 'Rocks' in the name either.

[Sir Plug]

The Chinle Formation?

[Sir Plug]

A long shot....but is it part of the Elephants Feet?

[Roy Mathers]

I think that's already been guessed and the answer was 'no'.

Edit; that was in answer to the Chinle question.

[Roy Mathers]

A long shot....but is it part of the Elephants Feet?

That's not south of the 160:)

[Sir Plug]

Tonto National Forest?

[Sir Plug]

Owls Cap?

[Sir Plug]

Straw clutching done, I'm off to bed!

[Roy Mathers]

Tonto National Forest?

That isn't north east of Flagstaff!

[Roy Mathers]

Owls Cap?


No - but at least you're now in the right area!

[sparkin]

You know, it's amazing - you can never tell with WAIN which pictures are difficult to identity and which are easy. Many a time I have posted a picture that I thought would cause problems and it was guessed very quickly. This one I genuinely thought would go go very quickly! I didn't realise it would be such a stinker!

To be fair Roy, you may be more of a stickler for precise location than some. ;)

[Roy Mathers]

On the other hand, just 'Painted Desert' would have been far too easy, don't you think?

[Roy Mathers]

I have to go to bed now, so I'll see you in the morning.

[DDCSD]

Chinde Mesa?

[BmanH]

I'm about to take a flight to Flagstaff and drive around looking for this WAIN.

[Kendoway]

75 Posts now, I think we do have a record.

Has there ever been a longer WAIN?

Even the amazing Monty has been thwarted ;)

[tomd]

Even worse. we have a similar photo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteshadowphotography/2437850391/), but no identified location.

I suppose we could call the guy/gal at White Shadow Photography and ask the location :lol::lol::lol::lol:

[sparkin]

Even worse. we have a similar photo (http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteshadowphotography/2437850391/), but no identified location.

I suppose we could call the guy/gal at White Shadow Photography and ask the location :lol::lol::lol::lol:

Done that - she said ... "Painted desert!".

[Kendoway]

Roy - by any chance is this the Painted Desert?

[sparkin]

Roy - by any chance is this the Painted Desert?

BmanH already did that, here:

Painted Desert?

I guess Roy's after something more specific, but it beats me. My in-laws lived in Flagstaff for a few years in the 1990's, but they were no use.

[tomd]

Roy, is the location reference in post #3038 correct?

[DDCSD]

Is this off of 264?

[BmanH]

Is it a classified US Military base where the Transformers are hidden?

[Roy Mathers]

My, some activity while I've been sleeping.

Roy, is the location reference in post #3038 correct?

No - I think your link is the 160, and I said it wasn't on the 160.

Is this off of 264?

Yes, you would go down 264 to get to it.


As this has proved to be so very difficult, is the WAINers wish that I give you the answer?

[Darsk47]

Been off this thread for a few weeks and wander back into a dandy !

Better go pour a coffee :)

[DDCSD]

Never! We'll find it yet!

I dreamt about this WAIN last night! What a nightmare!!!

[Roy Mathers]

Just to make doubly sure, I just Googled this place and found other pictures and web pages showing it. Mind you, I had an advantage - I knew what it was called.

Just to clarify - it isn't the name of this particular 'hill' but the area it's in (within, I believe the Painted Desert'.

[sparkin]

Coal Mine Mesa by any chance ?

http://www.pbase.com/goldviper/image/12455440

[Roy Mathers]

No - but you are now very, very close!

[DDCSD]

Is "Mesa" in the name?

[DDCSD]

North of Coal Mine Mesa?

[Roy Mathers]

Is "Mesa" in the name?
No, but its name contains a similarly generic name.

North of Coal Mine Mesa?

No.

[DDCSD]

Is "canyon" in the name?

[RandallC]

Is "Butte" in the name? (or has that already been guessed -- I can't keep up)

[Roy Mathers]

Is "canyon" in the name?

Is "Butte" in the name? (or has that already been guessed -- I can't keep up)

Neither Butte nor Canyon.

[RandallC]

How about "terrace"?

Is the location and/or name found on this map (http://www.lapahie.com/Navajo_Map_Lg.cfm)?

[DDCSD]

Is "wash" in the name?

[Roy Mathers]

How about "terrace"?

Is the location and/or name found on this map (http://www.lapahie.com/Navajo_Map_Lg.cfm)?

Not 'terrace'. The location is on the (inset) map. I've already said that it is very close to Coal Mine Mesa.

Is "wash" in the name?

'Wash' isn't in its name. In fact the closest was 'Mesa', although that is a Spanish name;)

[RandallC]

Not 'terrace'. The location is on the (inset) map. I've already said that it is very close to Coal Mine Mesa.
But is the actual name shown on the map?

Moenkiop Plateau?
Moenave?

[jacuff]

Is it close to "The Wave"?

Tell me where the wave is please.

Vermillion Cliffs?

[Roy Mathers]

Yes! At last someone has got it! It is Moenkopi Plateau (I'll forgive the mispelling:D)

Well done Randy.

I'm sorry if this was too difficult folks (101 posts and two days later!).

[tomd]

not too difficult

[BmanH]

FINALLY! Randy, you deserve an award!

[RandallC]

Wow, I can't believe I got it. I almost guessed that yesterday but somehow it didn't seem like it was in the right place. That was fun -- feels like I just won a marathon. And I didn't even leave my chair :)

Here's one to keep things moving. Mine have been very easy lately, no matter how hard I try to make them. Maybe this will serve as a quick pallete cleanser after our 101-post effort.

WAIN

[BmanH]

US?

[RandallC]

US?
Yes

[BmanH]

West coast?

[RandallC]

West coast?
Yes

[sparkin]

Well done Randy on Moenkopi !

Is yours in Washington state ?

[BmanH]

Washington?

[DDCSD]

Oregon?

[glhs509]

Further north guys...think of Jesus' little flower...

[RandallC]

Well done Randy on Moenkopi !

Is yours in Washington state ?

Washington?
No

Oregon?
No

Further north guys...think of Jesus' little flower...
:)

[DDCSD]

Uh...... Alaska? :lol:

[sparkin]

Further north doesn't leave much - Alaska ?

[RandallC]

Uh...... Alaska? :lol:

Further north doesn't leave much - Alaska ?
Yep

[sparkin]

In Juneau again, at the Shrine of St. Therese.

[RandallC]

In Juneau again, at the Shrine of St. Therese.
That's it! Over to you.

(I knew this one would be easier than Moenkopi)

[sparkin]

I'm sure it's no Moenkopi, but let's try this - WAIN ?

[jacuff]

I was just there last weekend. LOL.

[sparkin]

I was just there last weekend. LOL.

So it still there then ? We didn't manage to get there this year.

[DDCSD]

Kentucky?

[jacuff]

So it still there then ? We didn't manage to get there this year.

I mean I drove by it. Not sure if it is still there. However, I'm sure I'll be heading that way again soon... I can stop by and see if it is still there. :)

[Roy Mathers]

Tennessee?

[sparkin]

Kentucky?

No to KY.

Tennessee?

Yes to TN.

[BmanH]

Is it a park?

[sparkin]

Is it a park?

Not a park.

[BmanH]

Are you looking for the name of the place or the sculpture? When you asked jacuff if it was still there I get the impression it's not a permanent fixture.

[jacuff]

Are you looking for the name of the place or the sculpture? When you asked jacuff if it was still there I get the impression it's not a permanent fixture.

Hopefully this name doesn't "wear" ya'll out like Moenkopi did. This particular "wood sculpture" may have been sold, but others surely remain.

[sparkin]

Are you looking for the name of the place or the sculpture? When you asked jacuff if it was still there I get the impression it's not a permanent fixture.

From what I gather it is pretty permanent, but it may have a price tag on it. I've been there maybe half a dozen times in the last five years and I think it was always there. I'm not sure if it has a name, but if it does, I don't think the name is useful. It's the place I was after.

[Kendoway]

FINALLY! Randy, you deserve an award!


That was 103 posts, and unless I'm mistaken (having only been here for a bit), I think that's a new record.

Twas a good stumper Roy, and congrats GmanH!

[BmanH]

A museum?

[BmanH]

That was 103 posts, and unless I'm mistaken (having only been here for a bit), I think that's a new record.

Twas a good stumper Roy, and congrats GmanH!

I can't take the credit for this one. Inspector Randy got it!

[RandallC]

I can't take the credit for this one. Inspector Randy got it!
Thanks to the help from everyone else! It was definitely a team effort.

[sparkin]

A museum?

Not a museum.

[BmanH]

Knoxville or close to? Chattanooga?

[RandallC]

I'm thinking that jacuff gave us a clue a while back. Is this in Wear Valley?

[Roy Mathers]

Townsend, TN?

[sparkin]

Roy's right with Townsend, but what's the name of the establishment ?

[Roy Mathers]

Smokey Mountain Woodcarvers?

[glhs509]

That was 103 posts, and unless I'm mistaken (having only been here for a bit), I think that's a new record.

Twas a good stumper Roy, and congrats GmanH!
Roy is used to the excessive posts (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=8349683&postcount=9576)...stick around and I'm sure you'll see a repeat :)

[DDCSD]

Roy is used to the excessive posts (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=8349683&postcount=9576)...stick around and I'm sure you'll see a repeat :)


I was thinking we should have post-bombed him like that on this one too! :lol:

[sparkin]

Smokey Mountain Woodcarvers?

Right you are Roy.

[Roy Mathers]

Thank you Sean. Here's my next one, and I promise you that it's not as difficult as the last. Where was I when I took this shot?

[Kendoway]

UK?

[sparkin]

Moenkopi harbour!

[monty28428]

LMAO!

[Roy Mathers]

UK?

Yes.

Moenkopi harbour!

Not quite!:D

[monty28428]

portsmouth ?

[Roy Mathers]

Yes - so where was I when I took the photo?

[monty28428]

In that big white weird looking tower :-)

[monty28428]

Spinnaker Tower ?

[monty28428]

View deck 3 ?

[Roy Mathers]

Yes, you've got it Monty. You see how kind I am - I gave you a nice easy one to make up for Moenkopi!:D

[monty28428]

LOL -- Well thanks Roy - very kind indeed :-)

Finding photos of Moenkopi was easy... finding a photo where they said anything other than painted desert was my problem at least.

WAIN ?

[glhs509]

Somewhere I'd like to be right about now? ;)

[monty28428]

It's a nice play to be Ken :-)

[Roy Mathers]

North Carolina?

[monty28428]

NC indeed Roy.

[Roy Mathers]

It can't be Carolina Beach surely?

[monty28428]

No it's not CB.

[Kendoway]

Hmmm... the style of lifeguard stations on Flickr vary slightly.

Outer Banks?