Mystery Spot 8: Higher! Higher!

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 10, 2010 - 3:58am

Our mystery spot is a place to stare.
This awful poem will take you there.

Huff and puff. Higher! Higher!
Hang on, guy, where’s the fire?
Doing 360 might let you count seven.
You just never know when you’re that close to heaven.

Be sure to check back with Traveler tomorrow for the Mystery Spot 8 Revealed explanation and discussion.

Comments

Submitted by Eric (not verified) on February 10, 2010 - 6:15am.

Clangman's Dome - Great Smokey Mountains National Park!

Submitted by Terry on February 10, 2010 - 7:38am.

I think I'll guess, but just on a lark
Could it be Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park?
I'm probably wrong. I doubt if that's right
But from Lookout Mountain it's quite a sight.
I hear, from the top, it's an exciting ride
If you get to the bottom by doing a hang glide.

And you thought your poetry was bad.....

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 10, 2010 - 7:44am.

No, it's not Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park. And yes, your poetry is bad (though not as bad as mine). You are on the correct side of the Rockies, and that's a start.

Submitted by Lincoln (not verified) on February 10, 2010 - 8:05am.

Mt. Whitney in Sequoia Natl. Park!

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 10, 2010 - 8:10am.

Sorry, Lincoln, the mystery spot is not Mount Whitney, nor is it even west of the Rockies. Please try again.

Submitted by Terry on February 10, 2010 - 8:13am.

OK, no more bad poetry. How about the Statue of Liberty National Monument. I hear you have to climb it now.

Submitted by Valerie (not verified) on February 10, 2010 - 8:15am.

Heaven's Peak, Glacier National Park

Submitted by MRC (not verified) on February 10, 2010 - 8:16am.

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Use Rot13 to read my suggestion

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 10, 2010 - 8:27am.

Not Statue of Liberty and not Heaven's Peak.

Submitted by JayGee (not verified) on February 10, 2010 - 8:40am.

You gave us poetry, I'll give you prose. It's the lighthouse at Fire Island, everyone knows.

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 10, 2010 - 8:43am.

Sorry, MRC and JayGee. Nothing to do with lighthouses at Cape Cod, Fire Island, or anywhere else..

Submitted by Fred (not verified) on February 10, 2010 - 8:59am.

Mt. Cammerer Fire Tower in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Submitted by mahod (not verified) on February 10, 2010 - 9:02am.

Clingman's Dome. GSMNP

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 10, 2010 - 9:06am.

Fred, I'm afraid that it's not the Mt. Cammerer Fire Tower in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 10, 2010 - 9:08am.

A second reader has just provided a correct answer (which has not yet been revealed). One more correct answer and I'm going to end the suspense.

Submitted by Rangertoo on February 10, 2010 - 9:40am.

Clingmans Dome, Great Smoky Moutains

Submitted by Brad (not verified) on February 10, 2010 - 9:57am.

I agree with Rangertoo: Clingman's Dome in GSMNP.

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 10, 2010 - 10:59am.

Eric, mahod, and Rangertoo, the first three to identify the Mystery Spot as Clingmans Dome in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, have been awarded Win, Place, and Show, respectively. Eric came up with the correct answer so quickly that I wondered if this Mystery Spot quiz might be way too easy. Subsequent events put that suspicion to rest, together with any illusions I might have had about being the only bad poet in the Traveler community. Remember to check in tomorrow for the Mystery Spot Revealed explanation and discussion.

Submitted by Jo P (not verified) on February 10, 2010 - 5:10pm.

Could it be that you are climbing to the top of Mt Rainier where you can then see the seven volcanoes of the Cascade Range?

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on February 10, 2010 - 5:25pm.

Jo, the Mystery Spot is Clingmans Dome in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Be sure to check back tomorrow for the explanation of the quiz.