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Dulse or Nori?
As seen on Grand Manan
This is our longest unanswered contest. I guess our readers don't care about seaweed.
The Answer: The goo on the left is Dulse and the darker goo on the right is Nori. How do we know?
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Mystery Ball
As seen on Day 57
Winners: Rich and Zoe
When we published this contest for a second time on Day 136, we received a ton of responses.
The Answer: It's called an osage orange, a monkey ball, green brain, or a hedgeball. Stick this sucker in your cupboard to keep the bugs away.
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Mountain Numbers
As seen on Day 143
Correct: Dave Yaun
Creative: Dan Nawrocki
A pretty easy contest... It's no surprise that we got so many correct responses.
The Answer: The graduating class makes their mark each year on the highest point in town.
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Mystery Beast
As seen on Day 144
It's not a wild boar, folks. Well, it is a wild boar, but that's too general.
The Answer: It's a Javelina (pronounced havaLEEna) If you're looking for a good read, pick up this book.
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Red Line Road
As seen on Day 168
No answers for this one either. Are you all afraid of failure?
The Answer: It's the Mexican runaway truck lane! Ariba!
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Big Foot Contest
As seen on Day 181
Winners: Aimee's Sister & Kevin's Mom
Family does know best.
The Answer: At size 13, Kev's got bigger feet than all those hollywood hunks. Even Marilyn Monroe!
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Pershing Tree
As seen on Day 188
Why would we care about the General Pershing tree in Sequoia National Park?
The Answer: If you remember, it's General Pershing who is the inspiration behind our favourite pastry, The Persian. Read the full story on Day 50.
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Vegas Odds
As seen on Day 177
Winner: Danny Nawrocki
Our favourite contestant Danny got this one. But his answer sounds like he looked it up.
The Answer: "The Martingale system is a very old and extremely simple system.
It is based on the probability of losing infinite
times in a row and is usually applied to 'even money' bets.
You start with one bet. If you win, you start again with one bet.
If you lose, you double your bet. Each time you
lose, you double your last lost bet. Eventually you are bound to
win. When you win you would recover all your
lost bets plus one unit (or chip) profit against your initial
wager. So, this puts a limit on what you can win back in
one hand."
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The Contest To End All Contests
March 14 -
Thank goodness this trip is over, because we ran out of clever opening sentences a long
time ago.
But, we can't end the trip without one more super duper giveaway, now can we? NO! That would be an insult to all of our devoted fans! After all, all we have to do is drive around and take photos.
It's you, the real workers out there, who actually have to sit down and read it! This was never about us... it was always about you. We can safely say that, gosh, we think we love you.
So, we've put a little something together, hopefully to keep you busy for the next little while as
we get ourselves organized for Round Two... Kevin & Aimee Go Walkabout.
What does the winner get? We won't know until we clean out the jeep! But one thing's
for certain: it'll be keen!
If I may take a moment to be serious... sigh... okay, that was it.
See You In Australia!
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Audrey & Marcia's
 
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Mel2K...
This is the moment! Yesterday, good old dependable Mel received his 2000th dollar in gas. To celebrate this supreme event, we gave him Supreme gas to clean that engine that's worked so hard these past 200 days.
We love ya, Mel. We'll miss you in Australia.
By the way, did we mention?
Mel's Been Sold!
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