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- CommentAuthorthom
- CommentTimeJun 11th 2011
Hey look, timfksd took his photo at night, too! Oh wait, that's just THE GLOOM.:face-plain:
- CommentAuthortimfksd
- CommentTimeJun 11th 2011 edited
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Starting to clear up out there! Great day to ride over to Trader Joe's....

The last one was at El Cajon Blvd and 40th St, the bus stops Transit Center
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeJun 11th 2011
I rode through here two days ago, stopped pretty much exactly where you stopped, and it struck me that this would be a great location for a tag: Good one!
- CommentAuthort.e.d
- CommentTimeJun 12th 2011
I'll be there in 20 mins. Get it if you can.
- CommentAuthorthom
- CommentTimeJun 12th 2011 edited
Mwahaha! Challenge accepted. :face-devil-grin:
- CommentAuthort.e.d
- CommentTimeJun 12th 2011 edited
F*ck.
- CommentAuthorthom
- CommentTimeJun 12th 2011
Sorry brother, I was on my way home and I was sure I would get bruced, but figured I'd give it a try anyway -- just a case of good timing. Next tag will hopefully go up before tomorrow morning's commute.
- CommentAuthort.e.d
- CommentTimeJun 12th 2011
No worries. It's a cut-throat game with life-or-death consequences. That's what I get for posting my intentions.:face-devil-grin:
- CommentAuthorthom
- CommentTimeJun 12th 2011 edited
Here's the new tag (large photo so the clue will be legible):

Last tag was the pedestrian bridge over Washington St. at Vermont St. from University Heights to Hillcrest near Trader Joe's & Ralph's.
- CommentAuthort.e.d
- CommentTimeJun 12th 2011
I'm sure that tag has nothing to do with the fact that you're a history buff.:face-devil-grin:

Maybe I'll won't get bruced this time...
- CommentAuthort.e.d
- CommentTimeJun 12th 2011 edited
Got it

New one should be up tomorrow morning.:face-angel:
- CommentAuthort.e.d
- CommentTimeJun 13th 2011
Sorry for the delay. Last Tag was Villa Montezuma in Sherman Heights.

Shop 'til you drop...
- CommentAuthormfutch
- CommentTimeJun 13th 2011
Well, that is definitely a parking lot...
- CommentAuthorneal_d
- CommentTimeJun 13th 2011
I guess we're supposed to measure the length of the shadows cast by the pergola at 5:25 on this date at this latitude and extrapolate from the fact that there's only one surfboard rack visible on any of the cars... The yellow metal height guards in the background and the expansion joints in the concrete tell me it's on the top of a multi-story parking structure.
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeJun 14th 2011
The trellises should be visible in Google Satellite View...
- CommentAuthort.e.d
- CommentTimeJun 14th 2011
Wow. Guess it's not my best work, huh?

The architecture of the building in the background is a dead giveaway.
- CommentAuthorPacMUle
- CommentTimeJun 14th 2011
t.e.d:The architecture of the building in the background is a dead giveaway.

i think i know that one... if im right i am surprised this was not picked up within seconds! but alas, i doubt i will get to it...
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeJun 14th 2011
t.e.d:Wow. Guess it's not my best work, huh?
You're fine - it just dawned on me where this might be: Not exactly my backyard, so it may take me a bit to get to it; perhaps tomorrow AM. Meanwhile, hopefully somebody can beat me to it!
- CommentAuthorthom
- CommentTimeJun 14th 2011
I figured it out, too, but I will definitely not get there any time this week. :face-sad:
- CommentAuthormfutch
- CommentTimeJun 14th 2011
Got it, sort of. Looks like I am in the E parking lot and the tag was taken from the D parking lot. Same awful building, same-looking awful parking structure. Judges?
- CommentAuthorbossvoss
- CommentTimeJun 14th 2011
I think the next tag should be just your bike and the ocean. Maybe a little bit of sand.
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeJun 14th 2011 edited
mfutch:Judges?
Not having been to the locale, I will refer the final call to Ted as the tag owner: At the very least, it would seem that you would need to capture the correct side of the building / exterior wall (which it seems like you probably have).

Ted?

PS! I always try to bring a printout of the tag image so that my claim photo mimics it as far as possible.
- CommentAuthort.e.d
- CommentTimeJun 14th 2011
Take it.

Chalk that one up as a fail. Sorry everyone. Next one, maybe I'll do the midway museum or the Coronado bridge... you know, make it REAL hard.:face-devil-grin:
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeJun 14th 2011
No fail, just a stretch!
- CommentAuthorneal_d
- CommentTimeJun 15th 2011
I still don't know where it is. Some mall I gather. Congrats to finding it. Fashion Valley?
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeJun 15th 2011 edited
neal_d:I still don't know where it is. Some mall I gather. Congrats to finding it. Fashion Valley?
According to the rules of the game, the location of a tag shall not be revealed prior to the placement of the next tag.
- CommentAuthormfutch
- CommentTimeJun 15th 2011
This sign always reminds me of the Dukes of Hazzard. Every time I think, "I should look up who this Roscoe E. Hazard was." Finally did: http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/66october/loveaffair.htm
- CommentAuthort.e.d
- CommentTimeJun 15th 2011
Last tag was Fashion Valley mall at the Bloomingdales. I really thought more people used FV to get across the valley. :face-plain:
- CommentAuthorneal_d
- CommentTimeJun 15th 2011
Easy there, mister moderator. I was just guessing. I understand the rules of the game.:face-angel:
- CommentAuthorzonal
- CommentTimeJun 15th 2011
Gotcha!

Checked the boards for the first time in a while right before tonight's bicycle maintenance class, and hoped no one would grab it in that short time.
Eeeexcellent.
Next one will likely go up tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon, at which point the location of the above photo will be revealed.
Since my last one way back when was in front of some cool graffiti, mine will always be in front of favorite outdoor artwork.
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeJun 16th 2011
Eeeexcellent!

zonal:...mine will always be in front of favorite outdoor artwork.
Perhaps we should start guessing already?

:face-monkey:

Incidentally, here is one of the first tags of this game - I love this photo:
- CommentAuthorPacMUle
- CommentTimeJun 16th 2011
t.e.d:Last tag was Fashion Valley mall at the Bloomingdales. I really thought more people used FV to get across the valley. :face-plain:
i do but only on the roads... ulric -> friars -> fashion valley rd -> hotel circle -> bachman... i never go through the lots. is there a shortcut im missing?
- CommentAuthort.e.d
- CommentTimeJun 16th 2011 edited
Yup.

From Ulrich, make the right on Friars and then the first left into the mall parking lot. Make a left at the "T" and then a right to go behind Bloomingdales. Take Avenida Del Rio around the back of the mall and make a left. Make a right at the light and then a left on Hotel Cirlce.

Like this:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Ulric+St&daddr=32.76912,-117.16508+to:Bachman+Pl&hl=en&geocode=FQgM9AEdtDsE-Q%3BFWAE9AEd6DME-SnFYm8EMVXZgDFj-nDHKH7eIw%3BFf_h8wEd2ikE-Q&mra=dme&mrsp=2&sz=16&via=1&sll=32.761294,-117.167323&sspn=0.008715,0.01929&ie=UTF8&ll=32.768548,-117.164211&spn=0.008715,0.01929&z=16

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- CommentAuthorPacMUle
- CommentTimeJun 16th 2011
sweet, thanks ted! i will have to try that... normally i avoid parking lots like the plague, but from the satellite image it looks like smooth sailing...
- CommentAuthorzonal
- CommentTimeJun 16th 2011
Graffiti girl is back.
I heart street art.

See to the left of my panniers where it says 'Galactic Funk'?
Epic!
Space dude must be in the tag.

The Roscoe E. Hazard Memorial Bridge in last night's tag carries Adams Avenue over the 805.
- CommentAuthorAn.dy
- CommentTimeJun 16th 2011
t.e.d:Last tag was Fashion Valley mall at the Bloomingdales. I really thought more people used FV to get across the valley. :face-plain:

I got your back Ted, I used to use that route daily before I moved out to OB!
- CommentAuthorzonal
- CommentTimeJun 17th 2011
Though the current live tag is less than a block from a relatively major road, if anyone would like me to post a second photo of this same spot that I took a bit further back, showing more of the surrounding area, say the word.
- CommentAuthorthom
- CommentTimeJun 17th 2011
The word.
- CommentAuthorzonal
- CommentTimeJun 17th 2011
Note the vinyl records throughout - they are relevant.
- CommentAuthorthom
- CommentTimeJun 18th 2011
Pure luck:
- CommentAuthorthom
- CommentTimeJun 18th 2011
Here's the new tag. Plenty of time on this beautiful day to go get this one:

Previous tag was the graffiti mural on the alley side of Thrift Trader in North Park.
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeJun 18th 2011
I had no idea about the grafitti tag: Congrats, Thom - how did you go about finding it? I am always curious about what steps people go through in order to locate a tag they were unfamiliar with initially.
- CommentAuthorHippyOnaBike
- CommentTimeJun 18th 2011
I google mapped record stores in the area surrounding downtown, then checked out street view for like 8 of 'em before I gave up...
Good thing, too, since I would've been seriously bruced!:face-devil-grin:
- CommentAuthorthom
- CommentTimeJun 18th 2011
It was mostly luck, but knowing a little about zonal's shopping habits helped. I remembered that Thrift Trader had some art on their building and I just guessed.
- CommentAuthort.e.d
- CommentTimeJun 19th 2011 edited
FML.

I tried SO hard for this one. I was almost home from being dropped off after seeing Rush. Thought I'd check the BikeORama thread and I could get the catch on the way home. AWESOME!

Well, My phone was almost dead, and the cheap hotel, trying to save a buck, turned off their "famous" f*cking sign for the night... WTF?

Amyway, here's what I got. I was there, at the tag, and I got what I could.

Judges?
- CommentAuthorSigurd
- CommentTimeJun 19th 2011
t.e.d:FML
LOL - learnt a new abbreviation today!

t.e.d:...the cheap hotel, trying to save a buck, turned off their "famous" f*cking sign for the night... WTF?
You'd think that an iconic building like that would be floodlit all night - and I am not just talking the neon letters on top, but the whole building,
- CommentAuthorthom
- CommentTimeJun 19th 2011
Hmmm, I guess I'll allow it, but only 'cause I still feel bad for brucing Ted so bad last week.:face-devil-grin:
- CommentAuthort.e.d
- CommentTimeJun 19th 2011
Haha. Wow. So I guess I did THAT last night... haha

How about, if someone gets the catch proper, before I post the next tag, they'll get it.

Looking at those pics this morning... Had a good laugh at myself.:face-monkey:
- CommentAuthort.e.d
- CommentTimeJun 19th 2011
Here's the next tag.
- CommentAuthorPraxis
- CommentTimeJun 20th 2011
What a totally distinctive building that I can't remember ever seeing before!

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