Game: Where-is-it? (international)
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Wed 12 Jan, 2022 7:26 am
sandym wrote:Banff.
Not Banff but you're in the right part of the world.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by sandym » Wed 12 Jan, 2022 2:36 pm
Jasper.
Next obvious guess.
Next obvious guess.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Wed 12 Jan, 2022 7:01 pm
sandym wrote:Jasper.
Next obvious guess.
Yes, I think I was standing in town somewhere, staring at the mountains.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by sandym » Thu 13 Jan, 2022 6:00 pm
I cede my go to someone else.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by sandym » Mon 24 Jan, 2022 4:26 pm
OK. Game is stalled and it is my turn so here is an easy one to kick start the next round.
North America, name of the State Park and bonus for name of the feature.
North America, name of the State Park and bonus for name of the feature.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Tue 25 Jan, 2022 8:42 am
Thanks for reviving it Sandy. I'll say Monkey Face, Smith Rock State Park, Oregon.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by sandym » Tue 25 Jan, 2022 2:26 pm
Nice quick and correct guess.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Tue 25 Jan, 2022 4:33 pm
Try and keep it moving then. Another easy one, bonus point for naming the circuit walk I'm on. NZ:
- Traversing Mt John overlooking Lake Tekapo - Mackenzie Basin, Canterbury New Zealand
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Wed 26 Jan, 2022 5:33 pm
South Island
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Fri 28 Jan, 2022 7:33 am
While the mountain I'm traversing is not very high, there are some very tall peaks close by.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by eggs » Fri 28 Jan, 2022 1:39 pm
You might be on the Tekapo Mt John Walkway John?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Fri 28 Jan, 2022 4:12 pm
eggs wrote:You might be on the Tekapo Mt John Walkway John?
Yes eggs, about to cross a stile on my namesake.
Very thoughtful of the NZ government to name something after me
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by eggs » Sat 29 Jan, 2022 8:43 am
Lets stay in NZ
This was in a town
This was in a town
- Lake Rotorua in the town of Rotorua
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Sat 29 Jan, 2022 10:09 am
I haven't been there, but because of the thermal features I'll guess Rotorua.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by eggs » Sat 29 Jan, 2022 8:27 pm
Yes - Lake Rotorua in the town of Rotorua
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Sun 30 Jan, 2022 10:18 am
OK, staying in NZ:
- Hooker Valley with Mt Sefton and The Footstool above, Aoraki/Mt Cook NP, Canterbury New Zealand
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Mon 31 Jan, 2022 5:00 pm
A clue to the area I might be in my recent posts.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Wed 02 Feb, 2022 10:19 am
I'm sitting beside a glacial lake with its glacier behind me.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Fri 04 Feb, 2022 12:22 pm
Two named peaks above me, I passed a hut/shelter walking down the valley.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by sandym » Fri 04 Feb, 2022 5:47 pm
I'll bite but it is long time since I walked in NZ. Hooker valley.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Fri 04 Feb, 2022 6:59 pm
sandym wrote:I'll bite but it is long time since I walked in NZ. Hooker valley.
Yes, Hooker Valley with Mt Sefton and The Footstool above. I'm at Hooker Lake and Glacier.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by sandym » Sat 05 Feb, 2022 1:14 pm
Thanks John.
North America. Just the name of the National Park as I cannot remember the hiking trail or the river.
North America. Just the name of the National Park as I cannot remember the hiking trail or the river.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Sat 05 Feb, 2022 4:10 pm
Is it somewhere in Utah?
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Sat 05 Feb, 2022 7:09 pm
Having only visited the airport at Salt Lake City this will be trail and error.
Let's try The Narrows in Zion NP.
Let's try The Narrows in Zion NP.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by sandym » Mon 07 Feb, 2022 10:42 am
Not the narrows but as I cannot remember where it is and you got the park right it is over to you
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Mon 07 Feb, 2022 10:48 pm
Struggling to come up with new material now. Try this from Canada:
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Fri 11 Feb, 2022 4:22 pm
In a NP close to a popular location.
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Re: Game: Where-is-it? (international)
by johnw » Sat 12 Feb, 2022 10:54 am
Built in 1902 for collecting meteorological data.
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