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National Park Mystery Photo 44: These Slickers are Not for Slackers

By Bob Janiskee - February 16th, 2012

 Get ready to heave.

In which unit of the National Park System was this photo taken? What are these youngsters doing?

Readers who answer correctly will be eligible for our monthly prize drawing. This month the prize will be a Freedom of the Hills deck of cards from The Mountaineers. Each card features various mountaineering tips.

No cheating! If we catch you Googling or engaged in other sneakery of any description, we'll make you write on the whiteboard 100 times: "Due to the inclination of the moon's orbit and the resulting movement of the earth around the barycenter, and due as well to the perturbing influences on the earth's orbit by the other planets, the true sun is not always exactly on the ecliptic for a hypothetical observer at earth's center, but may be some arcseconds north or south of it."

The answer will be posted in tomorrow's Traveler. Meanwhile, we'll embargo that information so everybody can take a crack at it.

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Submitted by admin on February 16, 2012 - 8:03am.

I need to read the other responses more closely. I submitted the same wrong answer that Eric and Ken did.


Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 16, 2012 - 8:06am.

To Eric Nelson; Yes, that one is right.  To GeorgeS: Yes, that one is wrong.


Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 16, 2012 - 8:49am.

You're right, celbert. Who's next?


Submitted by admin on February 16, 2012 - 9:02am.

Hoisting a sail on the USS Constitution in Boston


Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 16, 2012 - 9:22am.

The home port of the USS Constitution is indeed Boston (the Charlestown Navy Yard, to put a finer point on it), but that's not where this photo was taken.


Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 16, 2012 - 10:12am.

You're in the right ballpark, Treelizard, but you need to get the park's name right and you need to tell what those youngsters are doing.


Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 16, 2012 - 10:39am.

OK, volknitter, so what were those kids doing when i took this photo?


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