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Where Was @spence? A Contest With Prizes Hopefully Equaling The Magnitude Of 30,000 Posts

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Patagonia, Chile
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Another update:

coinrejector: Daytona Beach FL USA and Las Vegas NV USA
nfine: Phoenix AZ USA and Minneapolis MN USA
igwt79: Baltimore MD USA and El Paso TX USA
Khromatau: Mexico City Mexico and Washington DC USA
jason39305: London England and Charlotte NC
kurdlezuit: Santa Rosa CA USA and Fallbrook CA USA
**nickelsearcher**: San Miguel de Alende Mexico and Zagreb Croatia
ijn1944: Buenos Aires Argentina and Christchurch New Zealand
**keith67**: Warsaw Poland and Budapest Hungary
Joshu-a: Madrid Spain and Boston MA USA
mcshilling: Aruba (I'll assume Oranjestad for the purpose of calculating mileage) and Las Vegas NV USA
oriole: Berlin Germany and Lima Peru
zurie: Taipei Taiwan and Bangkok Thailand
**hondo boguss**: Montreal Canada and Myrtle Beach SC USA
**ttkoo**: Rouen France and Palermo Italy
mrwhiskers: Denver CO USA and New Orleans LA USA
kenkat: Cheyenne WY USA and Osaka Japan
**loonielewy**: Galveston TX USA and Minneapolis MN USA
**cptbilly**: Temuco Chile and Puerto Bacquerizo Moreno, Galapagos Islands (since you didn't specify a city, I picked the largest city/capital of the respective regions)
seeker_101: Liverpool England and Dubrovnik Croatia
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Just asking Spence I see someone changed their guess, Can I change my Las Vegas guess to Toronto Ontario Canada ?
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Congratulations, @spence. I'm guessing you were NOT imprisoned in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
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Thanks for the contest Spence I'm going to guess Paris France and Cincinnati Ohio.
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Today's update:

coinrejector: Daytona Beach FL USA and Las Vegas NV USA
nfine: Phoenix AZ USA and Minneapolis MN USA
igwt79: Baltimore MD USA and El Paso TX USA
Khromatau: Mexico City Mexico and Washington DC USA
jason39305: London England and Charlotte NC
kurdlezuit: Santa Rosa CA USA and Fallbrook CA USA
**nickelsearcher**: San Miguel de Alende Mexico and Zagreb Croatia
ijn1944: Buenos Aires Argentina and Christchurch New Zealand
**keith67**: Warsaw Poland and Budapest Hungary
Joshu-a: Madrid Spain and Boston MA USA
mcshilling: Aruba (I'll assume Oranjestad for the purpose of calculating mileage) and Toronto Canada
oriole: Berlin Germany and Lima Peru
zurie: Taipei Taiwan and Bangkok Thailand
**hondo boguss**: Montreal Canada and Myrtle Beach SC USA
**ttkoo**: Rouen France and Palermo Italy
mrwhiskers: Denver CO USA and New Orleans LA USA
kenkat: Cheyenne WY USA and Osaka Japan
**loonielewy**: Galveston TX USA and Minneapolis MN USA
**cptbilly**: Temuco Chile and Puerto Bacquerizo Moreno, Galapagos Islands (since you didn't specify a city, I picked the largest city/capital of the respective regions)
seeker_101: Liverpool England and Dubrovnik Croatia
halfamind: Victoria Canada and Perth Australia
I6609: Paris France and Cincinnati OH USA


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I'm a tad late to the game, but will guess you were on vacation:

Place one: Acapulco Mexico,
Place two: Paris France
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Interesting and original idea for a contest Spence. Hope the visit was for pleasure and not work or duty.

Orlando, FL
Nassau Bahamas.
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Two more days before guessing closes, but a great response so far! Here is the updated list of locations:

coinrejector: Daytona Beach FL USA and Las Vegas NV USA
nfine: Phoenix AZ USA and Minneapolis MN USA
igwt79: Baltimore MD USA and El Paso TX USA
Khromatau: Mexico City Mexico and Washington DC USA
jason39305: London England and Charlotte NC
kurdlezuit: Santa Rosa CA USA and Fallbrook CA USA
**nickelsearcher**: San Miguel de Alende Mexico and Zagreb Croatia
ijn1944: Buenos Aires Argentina and Christchurch New Zealand
**keith67**: Warsaw Poland and Budapest Hungary
Joshu-a: Madrid Spain and Boston MA USA
mcshilling: Aruba (I'll assume Oranjestad for the purpose of calculating mileage) and Toronto Canada
oriole: Berlin Germany and Lima Peru
zurie: Taipei Taiwan and Bangkok Thailand
**hondo boguss**: Montreal Canada and Myrtle Beach SC USA
**ttkoo**: Rouen France and Palermo Italy
mrwhiskers: Denver CO USA and New Orleans LA USA
kenkat: Cheyenne WY USA and Osaka Japan
**loonielewy**: Galveston TX USA and Minneapolis MN USA
**cptbilly**: Temuco Chile and Puerto Bacquerizo Moreno, Galapagos Islands (since you didn't specify a city, I picked the largest city/capital of the respective regions)
seeker_101: Liverpool England and Dubrovnik Croatia
halfamind: Victoria Canada and Perth Australia
I6609: Paris France and Cincinnati OH USA
mrwhatisit: Acapulco Mexico and Paris France
petespockets55: Orlando FL USA and Nassau Bahamas

Just a reminder to try to avoid picking a location that was previously selected as the first guesser will win the prize rather than you.
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Less than 12 hours left to pick a couple locations (and become a sponsor to be eligible for those bonus prizes)!

coinrejector: Daytona Beach FL USA and Las Vegas NV USA
nfine: Phoenix AZ USA and Minneapolis MN USA
igwt79: Baltimore MD USA and El Paso TX USA
Khromatau: Mexico City Mexico and Washington DC USA
jason39305: London England and Charlotte NC
kurdlezuit: Santa Rosa CA USA and Fallbrook CA USA
**nickelsearcher**: San Miguel de Alende Mexico and Zagreb Croatia
ijn1944: Buenos Aires Argentina and Christchurch New Zealand
**keith67**: Warsaw Poland and Budapest Hungary
Joshu-a: Madrid Spain and Boston MA USA
mcshilling: Aruba (I'll assume Oranjestad for the purpose of calculating mileage) and Toronto Canada
oriole: Berlin Germany and Lima Peru
zurie: Taipei Taiwan and Bangkok Thailand
**hondo boguss**: Montreal Canada and Myrtle Beach SC USA
**ttkoo**: Rouen France and Palermo Italy
mrwhiskers: Denver CO USA and New Orleans LA USA
kenkat: Cheyenne WY USA and Osaka Japan
**loonielewy**: Galveston TX USA and Minneapolis MN USA
**cptbilly**: Temuco Chile and Puerto Bacquerizo Moreno, Galapagos Islands (since you didn't specify a city, I picked the largest city/capital of the respective regions)
seeker_101: Liverpool England and Dubrovnik Croatia
halfamind: Victoria Canada and Perth Australia
I6609: Paris France and Cincinnati OH USA
mrwhatisit: Acapulco Mexico and Paris France
petespockets55: Orlando FL USA and Nassau Bahamas
**dbm**: Prague Czechia and Bangor ME USA

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Carlsbad Caverns National Park(Carlsbad, New Mexico) and Bryce Canyon National Park (Bryce Canyon City, Utah)
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@cptbilly, since you had previously made guesses (neither of which were doubles), I'm going to stick with what you had originally picked. Ok?
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