Yesterday our ADS club had a Scavenger Hunt. Not just a regular scavenger hunt but a cleverly thought out driving scavenger hunt.
Our VP has a farm several hundred acres in size out in the woods where she set up 3 marathon like trails out thru the woods. The red trail was about 3 km. The blue trail was about 3.3 km. And there was an additional trail that you could take that added about 1.5 km. You could go as little as you like or as much as you liked. These trails were laid out much like a marathon course but there were no hazards. Instead, along the way there were "treasure chests" that contained unique items; plactic insects, small water bottles, specific brand candy bars, etc. Your job was to collect as many unique items as you could within 1 hour. You could take any trail or all of the trails or head out across the pasture, however the "treasure chests" were not easy to locate unless you were looking in the right place. They weren't hidden, just not obvious. We had a map with clues to each location, but if you were looking at the map you could easily drive right past a "treasure chest". There was enough room and enough brush and trees that you were alone most of the time so you couldn't just follow someone. After your hour (honor system) you brought your "loot" to the scoring tent and your score was added up. Ribbons were handed out to the various divisions just like a CDE. We had about 20 entries from minis up to a pair of Haflingers.
The weather was brutal however. The sun was extremely bright and I had to take off my sweater when it got up to 75.
I highly recommend this for a club activity. It was great fun and, as our club is want to do, gave us an opportunity to eat lunch.
Our VP has a farm several hundred acres in size out in the woods where she set up 3 marathon like trails out thru the woods. The red trail was about 3 km. The blue trail was about 3.3 km. And there was an additional trail that you could take that added about 1.5 km. You could go as little as you like or as much as you liked. These trails were laid out much like a marathon course but there were no hazards. Instead, along the way there were "treasure chests" that contained unique items; plactic insects, small water bottles, specific brand candy bars, etc. Your job was to collect as many unique items as you could within 1 hour. You could take any trail or all of the trails or head out across the pasture, however the "treasure chests" were not easy to locate unless you were looking in the right place. They weren't hidden, just not obvious. We had a map with clues to each location, but if you were looking at the map you could easily drive right past a "treasure chest". There was enough room and enough brush and trees that you were alone most of the time so you couldn't just follow someone. After your hour (honor system) you brought your "loot" to the scoring tent and your score was added up. Ribbons were handed out to the various divisions just like a CDE. We had about 20 entries from minis up to a pair of Haflingers.
The weather was brutal however. The sun was extremely bright and I had to take off my sweater when it got up to 75.
I highly recommend this for a club activity. It was great fun and, as our club is want to do, gave us an opportunity to eat lunch.
