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Thank you! I am very happy to support the Dish, so I would love the VFYW book instead of the free subscriptions, please.
On to this week’s view, the super-sleuth on the UWS gets a pass for tardiness this week:
Whoa, it’s Thursday?! I’m blaming my lateness on a combination of Daylight Savings Time and my having just returned from a week in California. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
I’m really just sending this in for completeness, so I can enter it into my new-this-year spreadsheet. I don’t have a window or even a building, but I’m reasonably sure that those are the Cascades, and that we’re in [city redacted]. This is the kind of view that makes me want to say “The Hilton Garden Inn” and be done with it. I need to get better, so I’m looking forward to hearing how others figured it out.
The super-sleuth in San Mateo does his thing:
So this week’s Reimagined envisions the VFYW as a shadowy, enigmatic, mysterious nighttime scene:
The sky looms dark and impenetrable. The ground below is illuminated in unnatural tones, creating an eerie contrast against the shadowy sky. Barren trees stand as skeletal sentinels. The distant mountains are now blurred and dreamlike. The viewer is left to wonder if they are gazing into a parallel dimension or a fragment of a waking dream. There’s an undeniable pull to this spectral landscape, one that leaves the imagination lingering in its mysterious embrace.
But the runner remains in view, a silent witness to the scene. And the red “Danger: Stay Out of the Pond” sign continues its warning, despite the absence of any clearly visible pond. Perhaps the pond doesn’t even really exist?
Another sleuth guesses:
Chilliwack, BC? Looks like Cheam Peak maybe, taken from a fast-food restaurant, maybe Tim Hortons.
The super-sleuth in West Orange salvages his too-soon joke by citing South Park:
Canada, USA?
Just kidding. Bad run of contests for me lately, but my guess is that this view comes from our neighbor to the north and (until recently) partner in a centuries-long alliance. I’m hoping I’m right, if only because it would be a fitting choice for a week defined by South Park jokes made reality:
I’m guessing there’s a clue I missed here, one that cracks the case, but failing that, “guess the peaks” contests have never been my forte. Maybe next week!
Another sleuth writes: “That looks like the University of Alaska, Anchorage campus, looking east towards the Chugach Mountains.” Next is the super-sleuth in Brookline (who often profiles famous baseball players whose hometown is the window location):
Given my unusually active travel schedule this month and my recent aversion to the sight of snowy mountains, I’m phoning this one in (do people still say that in our Zoomified world?) and guessing Anchorage, Alaska, based on general vibe, proximity to those impressive but irritating frosty peaks, and the vague sense that we are due for a US view outside of the Lower 48. And since I’m probably wrong, that means I get more time to figure out a new non-baseball feature ...
Actually we are in the Lower 48 this week. “I think it’s Park City, Utah,” says one sleuth. “Maybe Winter Park, Colorado?” says another.
From our super-sleuth in Austin who creates original cocktails for the VFYW:
Fantastic contest this week, if mostly for nostalgic reasons. I’ve actually been there, though it’s been a while. I should have gotten it right away, but I first guessed we were in Canada, either in Kamloops or Abbotsford, BC. I spent a good deal of time looking at Abbotsford, as the mountains in the distance are quite similar to the ones in the contest photo. Then I thought maybe it was the Cascade range in Washington, but those peaks are more recognizable and more spread out. Then I slapped my forehead when I realized I was looking at the Three Sisters.
Here’s the view from Chini:
The grand champion also comes up with a wonderful puzzle this week:
Since I haven’t done the clue thing in a while, I made something a little different for our last-minute guessers: a crossword puzzle. The answers are some notable features in this week’s view, along with the name of the actual town and state we find ourselves in:
His answers:
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