The Thrill of the Hunt

So today I decided I would do something really off the beaten path and I participated in a local Scavenger Hunt here in Augusta. This gal I know named Wendy threw up the prize money out of pocket and came up with a very challenging list of acquisitions you could get either a photo of or the real thing for extra points. Since my team bailed on me, I went anyway the meet up at noon at a coffee shop downtown and got paired up with a gal named Buffy and her daughter Aurora. Along the way Buffy's boyfriend John got involved making us 4 strong.

Now we didnt' spend the day together, but in the first 2 hours Buffy and I sat down with our list and plotted out the day and got some team photos out of the way. The list was comprised of 100 items, 15 team activities and 25 riddles that had to be solved, the answer being the item you need to get. I can honestly say that when I saw the list I was overwhelmed, this thing was way harder than I thought it would be going in. A quick browse of the 100 items revealed that I had only about 6 at my house. Thankfully Buffy was confident she had a ton of shit, or at least knew someone who had them. The team activities were relatively entertaining, I did the Truffle Shuffle, mooned, busted up a shirt like the Hulk and Buffy did the worm and did a headstand. We decided that when she sent her daughter off to be with Dad we would get the racy stuff done. (The list called for a teammate to be full frontal on camera, a girl team member had to french kiss another chick (Wendy the organizer is a lesbian...if that helps explain.) and at one point John had to mount me like a horse with a cowboy hat on.) So instead we worked at solving the very hard riddles, something that took hours after we parted even to complete.

Upon splitting up, I solved riddles and took photos of stuff in my house for another 2 hours and then ventured about town to gather what I could. All the while keeping phone contact with Buffy and John. The cut off for the hunt was 9 PM at a local watering hole and upon arrival I saw the amount of stuff Buffy and John gathered and was a) shocked that they got so much and b) thought we would win handily. Then I saw the other teams pull up with just as much stuff...

After some tabulation and a cursory review of what we either brought physically with us or had on film, a winner was declared. Sadly, we didn't win. We placed in a solid 2nd place. Not bad for total strangers thrust into this mess, with me having nothing on hand and not really knowing where to find many things in this town. All in all, I took a risk and tried something different and it was a good time. I met some new people, so that's a win in my book. But man am I tired. ZZZZZ.