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Where in the World is TravelGumbo (#115)

 

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Gumbo's left the sewers of Vienna and is on another adventure!  He's traveling down this highway to get to his next stop -- a straight paved road that pierces a barren, almost lifeless landscape.  As with many travels, the road is not the destination, which is a few bends away.  But the landscape is representative of where Gumbo's going.  But do you recognize where this is?

 

More clues will be forthcoming during the coming days, as needed.

  

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So,  where is Gumbo today?  Please be as specific as possible.

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"We do not take a trip, a trip takes us".  John Steinbeck, from Travels with Charlie

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When I first saw the picture this morning, I remembered a similarly desolate highway scene in Where in the World #17...so long ago. But a close look tells me that the landscape here is too different to be the same place...and besides, in the original picture, what's a few bends away is not a destination but more, and more, of the same...

 

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The best part of every trip is realizing that it has upset your expectations

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It's been a fairly quiet few days on this puzzle, so here's another clue for today.

 

While at the stop seen in the above photo, Gumbo comes across this man who's selling rocks gathered at the destination which he etches.  Tourists seem to like these and he's quite busy.

 

 

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"We do not take a trip, a trip takes us".  John Steinbeck, from Travels with Charlie

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Time for another clue.

 

Our rock artist in the photo above is working under the base of a tower.  You can climb this tower for better views of the destination. Today's view is in the direction of the highway we drove on.  Tomorrow a different view from the tower.

 

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Does this help you figure out where Gumbo is?

Twitter: @DrFumblefinger

"We do not take a trip, a trip takes us".  John Steinbeck, from Travels with Charlie

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This was a tough one.  The first couple of photos made me think this might be Death Valley or possibly Saddle Road on the Big Island of Hawaii, but the last couple of photos clinched it for me.  If you look closely at the rocks the vendor is selling, you can make out images of what appear to be animals, possibly birds. The last photo looks like it shows some carving in the sand.  Such a desolate place...my guess would be the Nazca Lines, Peru.

That's an interesting thought, Ottoman, and I'm not going to say if you're right or wrong at this time.

 

I am going to provide the last clues for the puzzle tonight.  The reveal is going up on Monday.

 

This is what you see from the tower if you look the other way.....

 

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But this is the best way to appreciate this site.....

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"We do not take a trip, a trip takes us".  John Steinbeck, from Travels with Charlie

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