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DanS #234100 09/09/2020 02:09 PM
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Ok I'll bite, Blue Lagoon?

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DanS #234101 09/09/2020 02:15 PM
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Ellen, good guess for the clue, but not right. This is a film location for a very famous musical starring a very famous "king". Blue is in the title.

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Blue Hawaii?


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DanS #234104 09/09/2020 02:28 PM
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Carol, that's the musical. Now does anyone know the name of the Bay?

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OK, I know what it is, because I cheated and googled it, but I'm not sure this was such an easy picture as you thought? I guess it depends on how familiar a person is with Hawaii. Never been there myself..


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DanS #234108 09/09/2020 03:16 PM
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Carol, maybe it's not that easy, but a quick google search of my own picture shows it's a very popular vantage point.

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Technically we're supposed to wait 18 hours to do a google search though..


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Is it Hanauma Bay?

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Carol, yes. I did one before I posted the picture and saw many similar photos. That's why I thought this one may have been easier. Guess I was wrong.

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Swifty, yes! Did you know it from the picture or did the clues give it away?

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I spent a month on Oahu in college and went snorkeling in Hanauma several times! I also went back with my husband when we were first married, but haven't been back in a while.

So excited to pick the next photo to share - stand by!

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Swifty--welcome to the game!!


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Here we go - hoping I have figured out how to post a pic!

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DanS #234125 09/09/2020 06:35 PM
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Los Cabos?

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Nope!

DanS #234127 09/09/2020 06:41 PM
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I am venturing a guess in Italy but have no clue regarding "where"?

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Good guess! Anyone want to guess where in Italy?

DanS #234131 09/09/2020 06:57 PM
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Amalfi coast?

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Close!

DanS #234134 09/09/2020 07:12 PM
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Sorrento

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Hey, you figured out how to post a pic!! clapping


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No - not Sorrento.

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How about Sardinia?

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Not Sardinia...

DanS #234144 09/09/2020 11:18 PM
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Capri

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jphart - you are correct! Any idea where on Capri this pic was taken?

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Originally Posted by Swifty
jphart - you are correct! Any idea where on Capri this pic was taken?

No, I don’t know the location on Capri. It was just a guess based on pix and clues.
Spent our time there on the plaza at the top of the gondola. Fantastic view, food, beverages, memories.
JP

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DanS #234152 09/10/2020 08:18 AM
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Another island....I’ve got some good clues and a personal story.


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DanS #234157 09/10/2020 09:24 AM
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Dry Tortugas

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Originally Posted by xrayman67
Dry Tortugas

Well it figures a fellow Floridian would get it it so quickly!
Hints were about History as a fort and the famous prisoner named...?

Burial tomorrow for my 96.5 yo father in law in Key West. Life long CONCH, who lived on Dry Tortuga as a young boy when his father worked as the lighthouse keeper in the late 1920s. One of the Last of The Greatest Generation!

You’re up, man

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DanS #234165 09/10/2020 10:36 AM
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Condolences JP. You're right about the Greatest Generation! Not sure about the prisoner. We had Geronimo up here at Ft. Pickens.

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Originally Posted by xrayman67
Condolences JP. Not sure about the prisoner. We had Geronimo up here at Ft. Pickens.

History hints: Fort, named after a president, never completed, largest masonry building in NA, prisoner= Dr Mudd

DanS #234172 09/10/2020 12:19 PM
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Here's a new photo...

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DanS #234174 09/10/2020 12:41 PM
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It looks a lot better in that pic than the last time I saw that place.

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Sleepychef-2013

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I was there when it was still a full country....just

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Sleepychef obviously knows and is staying quiet, so I am to guess Croatia.

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EllenS- yes, Croatia. And the city?

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So I've never been to Coatia, but I know of Split.

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Not Split. As Sleepychef said, this city was in shambles in the early 90's. It's a beautiful city today!

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