jefferson university hospital?

nope. This place has to do with the writing of the D.of I.

"The Signer" Statue

nope, not at a statue. But "The Signer" is about 2 blocks away from the house I am in.

A house that is related to the writing of the D. of I.

I didn't think it was the statue, but I was hoping for another clue... remember that I'm not a local, so if I get it right, I want a green card........


City Tavern.....

Zook, you don't need no stinkin' green card! Just come and call me when you get to the airport and I'll pick you up.

City Tavern is a good guess, and actually it is part of the story related to the house I am in, and the guy who was in that house writing the D. of I. and he got his meals sent in from the City Tavern.

Graff House

that should be it...

and it is. Good sleuthiness, Zook. Especially for someone not from this neighborhood. You're up!

The Declaration House (Graff House)

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...raff_house.jpg

The Graff House, aka The Declaration House, is Jacob Graff's house where Thomas Jefferson spent the better part of three weeks writing his original Declaration of Independence. The Graff family was living there while he did that so I wonder if they talked about it and if they gave him any ideas? Even though now it's hard to imagine the corner of 7th & Market Sts. not being in the heart of the city, back then it was on the outskirts of old Philadelphia.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...I/clips424.jpg

Fun Facts
- The house was once owned by Hyman and Simon Gratz. Their sister, Rebecca, is said to be the inspiration for Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe" and Thackeray's "Rebecca."
- Jefferson complained about the houseflies from the stable across the street while writing the Declaration of Independence.
- Jefferson had an account at the City Tavern while writing the Declaration.
- The site became among other things a print shop and a Tom Thumb diner.
- The Independence Hall Association (owners of ushistory.org) led the efforts to have the Declaration House rebuilt in 1975 for the Bicentennial.

Gee that was easy..........



now, we head off to lands far far away..... from the USA...

24 degrees C here today...

.

Northern Hemisphere?

yes.

island?

No.... not an island either.....

This will be of absolutely no help, but the capital of this country was where my grandfather was born.

Are you in Europe?

Eastern Hemisphere?

Netherlands?

Europe yes
further North that the Netherlands.....

sweden?

west of Berlin?

Phil's found the country.....

are you a community?

are you north of Ange?

I am standing on/in the place where I am.


Ange is a French progressive rock band formed in September 1969 by the Décamps brothers


South of.....

in uppsala?

are you in Örebro Castle?

Phil, you're heaps warmer.

Nick... You're not.... :) , and yet, cryptically, you are...

in stockholm?

Stockholm is the city that I is at, yes....

I am at the site, of a buiding that exploded in June 1845

So first I was thinking you were in a hot mineral bath or something like that...

...but then this seems to have pretty much nailed down where you are to

Kastellet in Stockholm Kastellet, Stockholm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I didn't find info on why it blew up. Maybe the stored ordinance exploded or some rogue Vikings got pissed off?

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...n_2006-04-.jpg

Hey, what the heck?

I posted a reply a couple days ago, and have been waiting for Nick to go and hide????

Sorry, all. Yes Nick was correct again.

Nick, did you catch on to the "cryptic" clue I mentioned, or was it the "exploded" hint?

(Cryptic being a castle)


Sorry, once again......
.

Zook, sometimes we need the obvious sledge hammer on the head. Thanks. But until you said a building that exploded in June 1845, I was only wild guessing where you might be.


OK, folks, where in the world am I?

clue: I'm at another one of my favorites, a superlative natural feature (not big tits this time though the Grand Tetons are gorgeous)

EH?

WH?

WH

NH?

yep

Dang, missed my chance to ask SH.

Ok... Sofa?

canadia?

Tully, I figured you just wanted to drag out the pleasure as long as possible.

Yes, I'm in the Canadias this time. At a superlative natural feature.

eastern harf of Canadiaaaa?

anywhere near banff?

Bordering on a great lake?

Zook's closest in the eastern harf. So not Banff and not bordering a great lake, or any lake.

in the maritimes?

no sir.

are you in quebec?

Winnipeg, perhaps.


I do know how to spell half, and when I saw how I did spell it, I laughed. HTF did I manage that...

Not Quebec, not Winnipeg. I'm more than 1000 miles from Winnipeg.

Zook, I never doubted you know how to spell halph, but I thought you did harf to interject some humor...I chuckled.

how about Packenham, lower south east corner, near Ottawa?

in ontario?

Looks like I got a two-fer: not in Ontario.

Bordering the Atlantic?

hudson's bay?

I'm pretty close to Hudson Bay, though not right on it. And not quite on the Atlantic Coast, this is more like near the Baffin Sea, though I'm not right on the coast.

Are you in a National Wildlife area?

I would say yes...I'm in a National Park area.

Mount Odin?

are you in nunavut, more specifically sirmik national park?

Not Mt. Odin, though the conceptual similarity hit me like a thunder bolt!

Yes in Nunavut, but not in Sirmik. Or did you mean Sir Nick? I heard they did name a park bench after my likeness.

bylot island bird sanctuary?

Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary?

give up the bird-brain stuff ...not a bird sanctuary or anything to do with birds.

I'm standing on top of a superlative natural feature.

auyuittuq national park reserve?

yep, that's the one. Now look for a guy standing on top of a high natural feature waving his hands. That's me...I need the name of this thing I'm standing on.

thor peak?

B - I - N - G - O bee, eye, engee, oh

Mount Thor - BadNick's hideout

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...Mount_Thor.jpg

Mt. Thor, this one since there appears to be at least one other out in Western Canada, features the Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 ft (1,250 m), with an average angle of 105 degrees. The location is popular with climbers due to this feature, despite its remoteness.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...1997-08-07.jpg

You're up, unc. Or in case you go down under, or under water, you're under, unc.

but what do i wear under there?

gimme a bit; i'll think of someplace...

Must be one of them really old rough lookin' ones....

ok, come and find me, and this time it's gonna be a little difficult...

Are you on a golf course?

nope...

Yep, this is going to be hard.

On land?

i am inland...

WH?

NH?

western and northern...

Sofa?

sofa...

east of the Mrs.?

east of the mrs...

south of the 40?

north of the 40th...

new york??

i am in new york state...

are you west of Utica?

i am west of utica...

Are you at a park?

not at a park...

A business?

not a business...

Natural feature?

very natural...

Water body? Lake/River....

a water body but not a lake, river, or pond...

are you at a waterfall? I've seen plenty of really nice ones in NY. Did I mention I :hearts: NY?

i am not at a waterfall...

are you perhaps in a different time long ago and you might be an Ice Age glacier?

nope...

are you underground?