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[mikeb226]

That statue is the Ancient Mariner, from the Samuel Coolridge poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner":
http://en.wikipedia....Ancient_Mariner

[DaveB]

Probably an easy one, but in keeping with the theme of fossils...

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[Matthew Hampton]

Hmmmm... Fossilized Mastadon in black goo... clue from D. Barnes...

I'm going all in on the La Brea Tar Pits on Wilshire Blvd in LA.

[Matthew Hampton]

In keeping with the fossil theme I am presenting the following field that is very unique from a public perspective. In what city is it?

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[DaveB]

Hmmmm... Fossilized Mastadon in black goo... clue from D. Barnes...

I'm going all in on the La Brea Tar Pits on Wilshire Blvd in LA.

You got me.

(I was there just last week. Representing fossils.)

[pghardy]

That statue is the Ancient Mariner, from the Samuel Coolridge poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner":
http://en.wikipedia....Ancient_Mariner

Yes, but that is not the poem that could have been longer, and what are the two places?

[mikeb226]

That statue is the Ancient Mariner, from the Samuel Coolridge poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner":
http://en.wikipedia....Ancient_Mariner

Yes, but that is not the poem that could have been longer, and what are the two places?

Ah-ha...well, about an hour of reading later, I think I may have the answer:
Poem: "The Prelude" and "the Excursion" by William Wordsworth - the first and second parts of the unfinished "The Recluse"
Places: Holford (where Wordsworth lived)and Nether Stowey(where Coleridge and Wordsworth wrote together)

[pghardy]

Ah-ha...well, about an hour of reading later, I think I may have the answer:
Poem: "The Prelude" and "the Excursion" by William Wordsworth - the first and second parts of the unfinished "The Recluse".
Places: Holford (where Wordsworth lived) and Nether Stowey(where Coleridge and Wordsworth wrote together)

Very good try, but [a] Holford wasn't named on the map, and [b] I said that one of the places was west of Watchet. You were right with Nether Stowey and Coleridge.

The poem I was looking for was 'Kubla Khan'
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea. ...

The other place I was looking for was Porlock, and the story is that 'a person from Porlock' interupted Coleridge as he was transcribing the poem that had come to him during an opium-influenced dream. The phrase has entered English as a generic for an external disturbance of creative time. See the wikipedia article on Person_from_Porlock.

I'll shut up now and let people get on with Matthew's current location!

[Matthew Hampton]

Thanks Paul, a worthwhile clarification - that poem recalls a much enjoyed pop hit from the mid-80's by Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

Now back to the current fossil-themed Guess That Location.

This location is the only place in the country where you can drive-up, pay a small fee (~$5) and start digging. You can keep up to three fossils for your hard work - mastadon tusks included.

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[Matthew Hampton]

This county seat has a population of about 500 folks and nice courthouse where they put on a respectable bluegrass festival in July followed by the county fair and rodeo a month later, but it's real claim to fame are the fossils.

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[pghardy]

I think I found the eponymous location in Matthew's neighborhood, but I'm not going to name it, as we need some others involved in the competition!

[mikeb226]

oh, Ha!

Fossil, Oregon!

http://en.wikipedia..../Fossil,_Oregon

Ironic.

[Matthew Hampton]

Eponymously named indeed!

Congrats to both of you.

[pghardy]

mikeb226 - Your turn?

[Matthew Hampton]

For the sake of the game I submit the following location. This spiritual place is not quite finished, though a recent visit saw nearly 800/1000 complete.
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