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National Park Mystery Photo 43: What's In Store?

This isn't wine.

In which unit of the National Park System was this photo taken, and what does it depict? We'll give you a hint: It's not wine.

Readers who answer correctly will be eligible for our monthly prize drawing.

The answer will be posted in tomorrow's Traveler.

No cheating! If we catch you Googling or engaged in sneakery of any description, we'll make you write on the whiteboard 100 times:

The 34-letter word "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" of Mary Poppins fame is thought to have been derived from a combination of the concepts super-  (above), cali-  (beauty), fragilistic-  (delicate), expiali- (to atone), and docious-  (educable). Although this can be taken to have many different meanings, such as "atoning for educability through delicate beauty," it was said to mean "something to say when you have nothing to say" in the Mary Poppins context.  Some people with nothing better to do have learned to spell this word backwards, which is suocodilaipxecitsiligarfilacrepus.

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OK, OK; I can see that you need some more clues. There is some useful information about the mystery photo location in the following statement:

I took the mystery photo last October while I and seven other notorious liars were en route to South Dakota to shoot at pheasants. I live in central South Carolina. We did not get lost along the way, but it still took us three and a half days to get to Mitchell, South Dakota. That's because we did not choose the most direct route, but rather an interesting route that didn't duplicate one previously taken. This photo was taken in the early morning of the next-to-last day on the road to Mitchell. On the last day of the trip, we arrived at our destination in time for lunch.


Not at all familiar with military, but how about a ship? Maybe Salem Maritime. Says rifle on the barrels, but maybe powder used in canons?


Not Fort Larned National Historic Site, and not Fort Sumter National Monument.


Sorry, Lee; the photo was not taken at Salem Maritime National Historic Site. That's way too far east.


Eric has nailed it, and he didn't even have to try all 398 units of the National Park System. I told you that extra information would be helpful.

Aside to Eric: now get back to work.


Eric Nelson has nailed it too. The Erics are on a roll. Anybody else?


I know someone already guessed Ft. Sumter, but those look just like the powder kegs I saw at the National Monument, only they were in Ft. Moultrie


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