6/10/05 | 12:01 pm | Solution: IP Address
A little shortage of players, probably because I had to close the game early today… sorry about that. Still a good number of solutions came rolling in today. I’m sort of getting used to just giving out word clues based on what people say. I mean, I try check them a bit usually but it really saves time when people submit word clues along with the graphic clue.
Oh, on that note… if you submit a clue please tell me exactly what it is you are submitting if it is not obvious. I have had people send in tantalizing word clues and a cool title for the clue, but when I click on the googlemap link, I’m not able to tell what it is I’m looking for! Also, make sure to grab the link correctly and “test” your link first in a browser to see what you’re sending me. Googlemaps are a bit funny that way… Thank you for sending in clues though!
So to the scavenger solutions. Golux13 solved as follows:
My first search for “GC” turned up a bunch of Government of Canada sites, so I looked at one and searched on “Hollow Spring.” Turns out there’s a Hollow Water Indian reservation in Manitoba, and there’s even some hi-res imaging in the area… but not what I was looking for. Then I looked at the clue pic again and saw the golf hole and thought “GC = Golf Club!” A quick Google search on “golf club hollow spring” turned up Spring Hollow GC in Spring City, PA. From there, it was mere moments.
Yeah there were a few herrings along the way… That’s cool I actually purposely shifted the IP address pic a bit in the screengrab in order to include part of the golf hole… I just wanted to see if that would be an extra hint and sure enough it was! Other people found it similarly, like Mike J:
Took me around 30 mins. Started looking aroud Grand Canyon (there is a Spring Hollow hiking area in Zion Natl Park). Couldn’t find it there, and looked closely and looked like part of a golf course at bottom right. Googled that and lead right to answer.
I’ve been to Zion when I was a kid but missed going there on the latest Colorado trip a few years back. Though I did get to Bryce which was pretty amazing…
Ryan F didn’t use the green but would’ve:
Took about 2 minutes. Thank god I knew what “GC” usually stands for. Although the green and sand trap in the corner might have helped once I actually saw it. I usually don’t study the picture itself as much as I probably should.
Shawn D also used the golf green hint and is yet another person playing at work:
Man, I’m hot this week. Took all of 2 minutes. I saw what looked like a golf green in the picture Did a search for Holow Spring Golf Course and bam! there it was.
Damn, now I gotta work. Great fun
Hehe. You said “Bam”, like Emeril. Andy K was also scavengeroogling under the boss’s nose:
woohoo…. a golfer here hard at work
Ken S. has family near the IP:
This one is half a mile from my in-laws’ house.
Mike M. crossed over to the “other” search engine, using Yahoo:
20 min, google searches didn’t work, one yahoo search did the trick…..
Jarret R. got the OC, er, excuse me… the GC! I keep typing OC…
Took about 10 minutes. . . didn’t put GC together with Golf Club right away.
So anyhow, I’ve gotta take off. But anyhow, I think I may have to miss putting out a clue this coming Monday. I am not 100% sure… I know, you’re thinking what is with all the breaks! Sorry ’bout that, but I think I’m going to be out…
So unless you see otherwise in the status bar, I will see you all Wednesday at 9. Happy weekend!
