Mystery Cam: Sorry About Last Week
We're Back Now
POSTED: 4:05 pm CDT August 22, 2001
UPDATED: 6:48 pm CDT August 23, 2001
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. -- Hello! Sorry about the lack of a Webcams column last week. I won't name names, but I can tell you that the person who dropped the ball has a name that rhymes with "Dedd."I'm Chris E. Keedei, and I've been the person-in-question's personal intern for about two years now. I've done just about everything in this capacity, constantly called upon to save this person's ... um ... hide ... at a moment's notice, and received little credit or glory for my efforts.But now he's moving on, leaving the Webcam duties to the next generation of Webcam writers, and, darn it all, I'm going with him. He may be a lazy, temperamental, inappropriate, rude dictator, but he's my lazy, temperamental, inappropriate, rude dictator. And since I don't have any other lazy, temperamental, inappropriate, rude dictators in my life, I better stick with him.Anyway, this may be more than you needed to know. I suspect most of you skip the first section of these columns as a matter of course. And I don't blame you.
This week we feature a place synonymous with "middle of nowhere." It's perhaps an unfair legacy, since it's a beautiful vacation paradise, but it just has one of those names, somehow, that implies remoteness. Click on the image to get a larger view.There's a sight here whose name makes it sound like it's on the lam, twice. That was my requisite "lame pun" clue. This is the kind of place Donald Rumsfeld would not be unfamiliar with.Any ideas where this place is? If so, look through the links provided to the left, above. Try to verify your guess and then send my boss your guess. The first three correct answers will win a variety of prizes, mostly odd ones, as well as mentions in next week's column.
Two Weeks Ago:
Two weeks ago Laura churned out yet another puzzler, with her trademark reliability and pluck. The cam was from Lincoln, Neb. Many of you pointed out that it had been used recently in another column, and you were right. Just trying to reward the loyal regulars.The Cornhusker State is the birthplace of the Reuben sandwich, and Spam is produced in Fremont, Neb. (That was a tricky one -- lots of people guessed Austin, Minn., which is also famous for Spam.) Also, the 911 system was developed and first used in Lincoln.Winners were Virgil Schaffer, Dick Durand and Don Beimborn.This Week:
This week we feature a place synonymous with "middle of nowhere." It's perhaps an unfair legacy, since it's a beautiful vacation paradise, but it just has one of those names, somehow, that implies remoteness. Click on the image to get a larger view.There's a sight here whose name makes it sound like it's on the lam, twice. That was my requisite "lame pun" clue. This is the kind of place Donald Rumsfeld would not be unfamiliar with.Any ideas where this place is? If so, look through the links provided to the left, above. Try to verify your guess and then send my boss your guess. The first three correct answers will win a variety of prizes, mostly odd ones, as well as mentions in next week's column. Distributed by Internet Broadcasting. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
