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Sep 21, 2010, 12:56 pm
#377
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Chicago
Posts: 67
Interesting. Kenai peninsula includes the areas identified earlier, such Turnagain Arm and Kenai river. This might be a valid and safe answer for today, although it is not clear to me if a peninsula can "flow"...
Last edited by Scooby3597; Sep 21, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Sep 21, 2010, 1:06 pm
#378
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 2,324
It would have saved a LOT of time had someone (like before) had fast-forwarded to the additional clues, and reported back. 
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Sep 21, 2010, 1:09 pm
#379
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: NYC
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It seems that the first week pictures were easily available right away if you looked in the right place. But I think they got smarter and I couldn't find any future pics for this week or the past one. This also explains why there was no "advance material" for the week 2.
Sep 21, 2010, 1:24 pm
#380
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Växjö, SE/Washington, DC
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Posts: 1,159
I think its Kenai Peninsula/River, I figured that since we know that they took the last picture from Shutterstock why wouldn't they take this picture from Shutterstock too, so I looked up Kenai National Park, didn't get a hit, but Kenai Peninsula and I got this picture which is the right bank of the river:
Sep 21, 2010, 1:26 pm
#381
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 2,324
It seems that the first week pictures were easily available right away if you looked in the right place. But I think they got smarter and I couldn't find any future pics for this week or the past one. This also explains why there was no "advance material" for the week 2.
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Sep 21, 2010, 1:30 pm
#382
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: NYC
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I think its Kenai Peninsula/River, I figured that since we know that they took the last picture from Shutterstock why wouldn't they take this picture from Shutterstock too, so I looked up Kenai National Park, didn't get a hit, but Kenai Peninsula and I got this picture which is the right bank of the river:
Sep 21, 2010, 1:35 pm
#383
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: WAS
Posts: 339
As best as I can tell, Kenai River doesn't actually flow through Kenai Fjords National Park, which is located further south on the peninsula. It does flow through Chugach National Forest and Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, so I think either of those are more likely to be an answer.
Sep 21, 2010, 1:38 pm
#384
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: NYC
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As best as I can tell, Kenai River doesn't actually flow through Kenai Fjords National Park, which is located further south on the peninsula. It does flow through Chugach National Forest and Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, so I think either of those are more likely to be an answer.
Sep 21, 2010, 1:42 pm
#385
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 11
As best as I can tell, Kenai River doesn't actually flow through Kenai Fjords National Park, which is located further south on the peninsula. It does flow through Chugach National Forest and Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, so I think either of those are more likely to be an answer.
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Sep 21, 2010, 1:51 pm
#387
Join Date: Dec 2009
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I agree. I was just going to post and ask where the guess "Kenai Fjords National Park" is coming from, given that the river doesn't flow through it. Actually, looking at the National Parks listing for Kenai Fjords there isn't even a reference to the Kenai River. Are people guessing this due to the fact that there is no Holiday Inn near the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and there is one in Seward near the Fjords?
Sep 21, 2010, 1:55 pm
#388
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Sep 21, 2010, 2:02 pm
#389
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 2,324
Would someone please step forward with calculations/geometric logic as to how this game is going to cost IHG big time? Yes/no? No need to worry about future point devaluations? Yes/no?