Puzzle Picture for Wife's Birthday

[snubbyfan]

Well, it's that time of year. My wife's birthday's on February 14 and I gave her a custom 1000 piece puzzle for her birthday last year and she loved it.
I took some pictures and let my fellow forumites select one.
Time to choose again.

Now this year, we biked the C&O Canal Towpath to it's end in Cumberland and I want the puzzle to reflect that.

1. The canal at lock 75, which is the last leg before the Canal Place in Cumberland MD:


2. Lock 75 on the right, the lock house on the left and the trail going of into the woods:


3. Railway Station at Canal Place, has a really cool museum inside:


4. 'nuther angle:


5. Really cool mural and a sign designating the end of the C&O Towpath and the start of the G. A. P. trail:

 

[da gimp]

Heck, I must be right, 100% of those who voted agreed with me...

 

[Watchdog]

I don't mind telling you I voted for Number 1. There's a tranquility to it that the others lack. Number 2 comes sorta close, but doesn't measure up to the first one.

Number 1 makes me want to go there, to be there. The others don't.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I voted for #4 because of the challenge.

With 1000 pieces, the repetition of windows and doors would be quite the hurdle.

 

[rwsmith]

I don't like......

I voted for #4 because of the challenge.

With 1000 pieces, the repetition of windows and doors would be quite the hurdle.

Well, I don't like challenging puzzles.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Well, I don't like challenging puzzles.

They make'm in 4 piece.

 

[islamoradamark]

if ya just get a poster and some tape you dont have to worry about losing any pieces

 

[soFlaNative]

I like #1.
Nice tranquil scene and the combination of small branches and dead leaves
would make for a session of puzzle building way past my tolerances.

 

[da gimp]

Brother in law did a huge one that was 100% white......it had small pieces too.. he got in on leave from the Army before Christmas and when dinner dishes were cleared off & the gifts had been handed out.. he started it & finished it over the next several days. It was way past my level of patience.

 

[snubbyfan]

I can see Rusty's logic. This is the puzzle she's working on now:


That's right 2500 pieces.
She starts by separating the pieces into different colors then piecing them together.

She really liked last years puzzle:


'Cept this year, she won't have Zachary to help her.

 

[Tom S.]

I didn't vote for any of them. I think you should get one made from a picture of the sky on a cloudless day and see how good she really is.


OK, I lied. I really did vote for one, but I'll never tell which one.

 

[vytoland]

i like picture #1..the scene is nice and a puzzle of it would be a real challenge.....

 

[vonn]

Number 3 because I liked the statues.

 

[rwsmith]

If I could pick a number two....

It would be number two.

 

[snubbyfan]

Number 3 because I liked the statues.

I thought that was cool.
It's of a mule used to pull the canal boats back in the day and a boy that led it.

 

[snubbyfan]

I'm gonna bump this occasionally just to keep it goin'.

 

[long colt frazier]

I voted for #3 it would make a nice puzzle. #1 is too busy for my taste.
Mark

 

[Ranger514]

Number 4 looks very challenging, and she must like challenges, since she married you I'm voting for number 2, just because I think it's a great pic. I'm not a great jigsaw puzzle guy, but if that makes her happy, you know what they say about a "happy life." Sure shows her you care enough to make her present special. Wish her happy birthday from the inmates on the Forum.

 

[snubbyfan]

I'm gonna bumb this occasionally to keep it goin'.

 

[snubbyfan]

Bump, bump it up.
I'm kinda leaning toward #3. It's a land mark between the C&O Canal and the beginning of the Gap trail.
#1's a nice shot and would make a good puzzle but it could be most anywhere along the trail.