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Old 14 May 2013, 08:38 PM
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It's a cougar, on a bridge in Pullman, Washington. Home of the wazoo cougars. It took me a while because I thought their mascot was beer.

ETA: East Main Street bridge.

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Old 14 May 2013, 09:02 PM
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This is it.

I didn't want to post a guess because I had insider knowledge of Seaboe's whereabouts on the date of the photo.
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Old 15 May 2013, 07:27 AM
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Aha, a mountain lion, not a normal lion... I would have found it if I'd realised that...
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Old 15 May 2013, 04:19 PM
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Okay, now it's Beach's turn.

I was a little surprised when I tried to Google it that just searching on Cougar Bridge didn't work. Even specifying Washington only helped a little.

The other picture I'd've used had a WSU banner in it. I took it just in case.

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Old 15 May 2013, 05:54 PM
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I did grow up in Washington state which is what lead me to wazoo based on the Cougar.

I happen to have have put this picture aside thinking of this challenge:

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Old 15 May 2013, 06:40 PM
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A rest stop, near Clare Michigan.

I won't have a photo handy until I go home and upload (or scan) something, so anyone with an available picture can go next.

Also, I meant to let Richard know that I tend to give my photos numbered names in order to make it faster to label them. So, I took three pictures of the bridge and they're labeled bridge1, bridge2 and bridge3.

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Old 15 May 2013, 06:50 PM
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Yes, one of the Michigan Welcome Centers. This one just happens to be dead center in the middle of the state.
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Old 20 May 2013, 02:42 PM
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Old 20 May 2013, 02:51 PM
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Just for that, GaryM, here's a picture of the Stonehenge War Memorial. Built by the wondrous Sam Hill.

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Old 20 May 2013, 02:55 PM
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Not as interesting as carhenge though.
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Old 20 May 2013, 06:32 PM
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Or the Ghost Parking Lot (now, alas, gone). It was still in pretty good shape when I lived in Hamden, back in the late 80s.

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Old 23 May 2013, 04:16 PM
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I just had a go at the Geoguessr game from the previous page, as you should be able to see from the link, my worst guess was Maine for Wisconsin. Seriously, folks of Wisconsin, road signs! Road signs are good, there are no invaders to confuse, just put up some signs!
On the bright side, I got the latitude pretty much spot on! ;-)
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