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National Park Mystery Spot 9: It Helps to Know the Capital of Louisiana

By Bob Janiskee - March 10th, 2010

 

Our national park mystery spot is a building somewhere in the coterminous states. To know exactly where it is, you must put some clues together first.

How shapely the moon when first she waxes after hiding her face.

If first there is a rumble and then there is a roar, water may wreck this building like the ones in sixty-four.

The first place you’d look for the top banana is right here.

It would be a first-rate coincidence if the top banana were to hail from the capital of Louisiana.

If you look in the Red Book, you'll see that the first ones here didn’t get top billing.

Sitting near one oh one, it’s at one and one and one and one astride the first street north of Front.

 
Be sure to check in with Traveler tomorrow for the answer and an explanation of the clues.

Comments

Submitted by admin on March 10, 2010 - 11:45am.

Right you are, sorry, I went the other way.


Submitted by Bob Janiskee on March 10, 2010 - 1:23pm.

Whew! Thanks for letting me off easy. I was sure I was going to have to shift into full weaselspeak mode, which is always very stressful.


Submitted by admin on March 11, 2010 - 1:28am.

"It Helps to Know the Capital of Louisiana" was a red herring.


Submitted by Bob Janiskee on March 11, 2010 - 5:23am.

Cornell, the problem with calling that particular hint a red herring is that the statement is absolutely true.


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