It all began on a warm and sunny October afternoon…we met at Union Station at high noon. There were 12 teams who all believed they had what it took to be the winners of this, the DC Scavenger Hunt. 
The teams of 2 to 3 people sized each other up, trying to assess the other’s strengths and weaknesses…lol…just kidding.
Twelve enthusiastic teams showed up ready to venture out into DC and find a miscellany of clues that I had picked out and riddled up over the past weeks. Armed with their digital cameras and clues, they were off for a 3 hour hunt. They traveled to all four quadrants of the city to snap pictures in all sorts of locations from the Zoo to the National Air & Space Museum to Nationals Park to the Frederick Douglass Museum to the Willard Hotel. Take a look:
The Freedom Bell in front of Union Station At the National Zoo
World War II Memorial The US Botanical Gardens
The Air & Space Museum The Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden
The National Museum of African Art The Doorman at the Willard Hotel
Silver Statue on the Mall Albert Einstein Statue
And while the Lone Sailor Statue/Navy Memorial on Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th and 9th Streets was on the list of clues…one team went a step further to find live military men/sailors to snap pictures with…lol…the best non-clue picture award goes to: Team Renegades!
Anyway, after three hours of searching, the teams returned to Union Station with memory cards full of pictures. And after my sister and I crunched the numbers, the highest scores went to:
3rd Place – (tie) with 220 points each:
The Crusaders A Serious Matter
2nd Place – with 265 points:
The S & S Superstars
And coming in 1st place, with 280 points, the winning team was….
Team Uncle Sugar!
The first place team received a cash prize. And a donation will be made to the Center for Minority Studies.
Thanks to all who participated in this event and to those that made donations. Stay tuned for the next Scavenger Hunt!
To view additional pictures from the Scavenger Hunt visit the photo gallery: http://www.soulfullyspeakingphotography.com/.
Cip, big ups to you for even putting something like a scavenger hunt together. I can imagine that it took quite an effort on your part to make it work. I certainly appreciate your time, effort, and willingness to come up with an idea and see it through. Though we got our behinds handed to us, it was a blast. It was an activity that allowed my sister and I to spend some much needed quality time together. It couldn’t have been a more perfect day. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. See you at the next one.
Cip, this was soooo much fun. I hope you do it again soon. Like the previous poster, I know this took a lot of effort, but you did an awesome job. Can’t wait til the next one!!
Everything sounds good. I wish I could have made the Hunt. Maybe next time.
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