Winner's of the 2012 Super Summer Snapshot Scavenger Hunt

Team:  Snap Happy.

Way to go.  You guys outdid yourselves.  Pretty good for this being your first year.  Thanks for playing.

The most original photo

This is a great spin on a "professional fisherman with his catch".

Again, congratulations to Team Spokane!!

Funniest Picture

I think you all will agree that this is the funniest.  We still laugh every time we see it.

Congratulations Team Spokane

Dog on the Beach

Team: Unofficial
Members:  Dave and Cathy
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

Erin took this quick picture as the guy and his dog came running towards us.

Team Mahaffie

September 2, 2012

Iringa, Tanzania

MaMa Week-End  Urembo (Pretty)Shop

We have no idea what this shop had in it because it was closed on Sunday but it did have mama in the name. We were on day 2 of our travel back to civilization to catch a plane the next day. 17 hours road trip from the place out in no mans land back to Dar Es Salam, Tanzania airport. We then had a 20+ hour plane journey home to SFO where U.S. customs agents welcomed us back!

Team Mahaffie

August 1, 2012

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

Dog on the beach

This was a service dog in training waiting for the concert to begin :)

Team Mahaffie

July 31, 2012

Watsonville, CA

Town Square Clock

Team Mahaffie-Lanell and Mark

July 28th, 2012

Camp Koinonia

15 Steps that lead up to the Chapel

Team Mahaffie

August 1, 2012

Mark and Lanell

Outside Bend, OR

We think this is a moose but he really needs some TLC!

 Team Mahaffie

August 3, 2012

South of Bend, OR

 

Collier Memorial State Park and Logging Museum Oregon

 

 

 

 

 

Lanell and Mark :)

Cobblestone Street

Team: Snap Happy

Team Member: Jen

Location: Front Street

Old Sacramento, CA

Saving the easiest for last. Many of the streets in Old Sacramento have not yet been paved over in order to maintain the Old West appeal. And a street level view to show the cobbles.

We have now posted our twentieth entry and will also sit back and wait for the rest of you. This has been a fun experience.

Assisting a Street Performer

Team: Snap Happy

Team Member: Jen

Location: SW Bay Blvd.

                  Historic Bayfront

                  Newport, Oregon

 Jennifer and hubby Roy (our photographer for this occasion) took a quick trip to Newport, Oregon, last week. While strolling the Historic Bayfront, we discovered an Ecuadorian "street performer" named Alex Lluminiquinga playing a quena. He kindly allowed Jennifer to perform with him for a few moments, much to the amusement of onlookers. Especially in view of the fact that Jennifer didn't know which way to position the rondador antara pan flute without instruction. The rondador is the national instrument of the Andes.

Here's a video if you'd care to hear his beautiful flute music. 

And a website for more information: Chayag.

This was definitely a challenge that made us step out of our comfort zone. And we are very glad we did it.

"The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home"

Here Lies Nancy McCarty

Born: 1796

Died: 1873

Team: Spokane
Member: Melissa
Location:  Briar Creek Cemetery, Williamsburg, KY

The story goes....Melissa & Friends were excited to go headstone hunting Friday night.  They had their flashlights at the ready....the trip was short-lived (ba-dump-bump) as it proved to be too creepy and terrifying.

A bright Sunday afternoon proved to be more successful.  Up the steps of the entrance, and ta-da - 1st headstone they saw.

Hung out to dry!

Team Manteca

August 29th, 2012

Lupingu, Tanzania

Mark, Dan and Lanell were in Tanzania on a mission trip when we arrived home to our guest house one day and found our laundry on the line to dry. Gift, one of our hosts, had washed the clothes in the lake which is used for fishing, bathing, washing dishes, drinking (not for us), and playing. We were grateful for the fresh clothes.

Update on Totals

Team Spokane          19
Team Snap Happy    18
Team Young             11
Team Manteca            7
Team Fresno               8
Team Unofficial          5

Street Musician and Helper

Team: Spokane
Roadie Member: Marcia
Location: Downtown Spokane, WA

Marcia is helping this young fellow set up for the lunch hour at a street corner where there is always lots of action (right down the block from Nordstrom).

We're in the Jailhouse Now

Team: Spokane
Member: Marcia
Location: Fort Spokane, WA

You see the windows for three solitary cells high on the sunny wall in this view of the old guardhouse. And the lower picture shows Marcia in the lockup.

Fort Spokane was built in 1880 at the junction of the Spokane and Columbia rivers. It was there to suppress Indians while settlers stole their best land. After 10 years it was converted to an Indian school, which wasn't all bad.

Theme Song
Photo Album

NO NUKES!

 Barb and Ken were on their way down south to huntin' country on Monday to "schmooze" the Farmers with some homemade goodies and hopefully get permission to hunt on their land this season....  (Pickles, Huckleberry Jam & Pickled Asparagus). We also got some Dove hunting in.

On the way down to the area we took the long 1 mile detour to Lamont.  Population 100 AND a Nuclear Free Zone.  I wonder if any of the citizens traveled to the No Nukes concerts back in 1979...  At least we can be confident that we won't be eatin any radio active birds! :)

 

Team: Spokane
Member: Barb
Location: Lamont, WA

 

 



 

 

Gas Station Adapted for Different Use

Team: Snap Happy

Team Member: Jen

Location: Sutter Street, Folsom, CA

Photo credit: Roy Vogel

Giuseppe Murer was born in Crespano del Grappa, a small town about 40 miles outside of Venice, Italy, on November 15, 1885. At age 12, he was apprenticed to Signor Giuseppe Melchiore as an apprentice in his carpentry and cabinet-maker’s studio. In this studio, Murer mastered cabinet making and finish work.

At the age of 21, Murer immigrated to the United States, arriving at Ellis Island, New York on October 6, 1906 and traveling on to San Francisco to look for work helping to rebuild the city after the 1906 earthquake. Unable to find work, he moved on to Shasta County and eventually arrived in Folsom around 1910. He became a U.S. citizen on September 10, 1910.

Murer worked at various jobs, applying his carpentry and cabinet-making skills. He built the back-bar in the Folsom Hotel which survives to this day. “Joe,” as he became known, eventually bought the Folsom Hotel and went on to design, build and operate other buildings and businesses on Sutter Street including a gas station and garage built with an Italian influenced design flare, the Folsom firehouse (which survives on the north side of the 700 block), and the old Folsom post office at 627 Sutter Street.

This photo shows a detail of the area where the pumps originally stood. In the vintage photo above of the de-commissioned gas station as an Antique store, the pedestal was still in place. 

September 1 Standings

So, here we are with 1 month left in The Hunt.  Sure seems fast.  These are the standings as I count them.  Let me know if it is otherwise.  Keep up with good work.

Team Spokane            17
Team Young               11
Team Snap Happy      15
Team Manteca              7
Team Fresno                 7
Team Unofficial            6


Happy Hunting!