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Montague Summer Days Scavenger Hunt

Posted on 28. Jun, 2008 by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in Personal

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Normally, we are slaves to our house and we only leave the borders of our property to:

A. Purchase building supplies; and

B. Purchase food;

C. Nope, there’s just A and B.

However, this weekend is a big weekend for our community–it’s the weekend of the Montague Summer Days festival.

This morning we drove the six-minutes to get to downtown Montague to watch the parade, which included tractors, horses, and the usual stream of children and community groups. I was impressed by the parade’s size and the grandeur of the whole experience. Lots of turnout, too, which is great to see.

We then partook in some kiosks and magic shows, killing time until the main draw (for us, anyway)–the Scavenger Hunt!

We signed up for the scavenger hunt weeks in advance, because figuring out clues and participating in games such as this are the highlight of my existence. We used to be avid geo-cachers (scavenger hunting with a GPS) and letterboxers (scavenger hunting with written clues alone), so a scavenger hunt in our community was right up our alley.

There was a time-limit of two-and-a-half hours to unravel twenty clues and head to the appropriate business in our community, collecting business cards and the like. The race was all on foot and we had a lot of fun. The clues were just right: tough enough to require some thought, but logical enough to be figure-out-able. (I know that “figure-out-able” is not a word, but I am of the mindset that if you know what I mean, then it should be a word.)

Now that it’s Summer and there are so many tantalizing activities going on all around us, I find that I can get a little frustrated with our nose-to-the-grindstone work ethic. My desire for participating in the community has been quenched for now, but there are so many attend-worthy events out there that I give myself a week before I’m chomping at the bit to take in a ceilidh or something.

PS: I’ve added an update and a couple more photos to yesterday’s dry-walling extravaganza entry, in case anyone is dying to read more about our adventures in dry-walling.. (I am not sure whether I’m being sarcastic; yes, dry-walling sounds monotonous, but if you’ve ever done it with abandon then you know that it can be an adventure. I mean, try taking nine different measurements, cutting them all out, balancing the sheet over your head, and then realizing that you’ve miscalculated something and you have to start all over again? Or what about when you’ve finally got the piece in position but you’ve left the drill a little too far away and you can’t quite reach it? Oh yes, dry-walling can be something to write home about!

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