Pete's Log: Scavenger Hunt!

Entry #1386, (Life in General)
(posted when I was 28 years old.)

I organized a metro DC photo scavenger hunt yesterday. It turned out well. Three teams of three participated. Rod and Patrick were on my team; Michelle, Shanna and Lisa were on a team; Steve, Annika, and Alex were the winning team.

Items were suggested by people participating, and the hunt was a success. It was lengthy and exhausting, but plenty fun. I saw some of the DC sites I missed in my years living here. My team got together at about 10 am and kept busy until the 9 pm deadline. The list follows.

Performance Art:

1. Team member(s) imitating any sculpture in the sculpture garden of the Hirshhorn Museum
2. A member of your team on Roosevelt Island, being exhorted by a statue of Theodore Roosevelt
3. Team members holding hands where Steve and Michelle did hands-across-America
4. Two team members doing cartwheels or handstands with the Washington Monument in the background
5. Team member doing a handstand in front of the A. May Nicewarner auditorium
6. A demonstration of the Heimlich maneuver under a street sign that starts with the letter 'H'
7. Imitate the beatles crossing a crosswalk (as on the Abbey Road cover)

Subject to interpretation:

8. Noise
9. Symmetry
10. Warning
11. Punctual
12. Making it official
13. On the edge
14. Flaunt

Places:

15. The historical marker for a duel involving Henry Clay
16. Freedom Plaza.
17. Barry's Magic Shop
18. Inside the World War One memorial
19. The engraving of Kilroy (of "Kilroy was here" fame) at the WW II memorial
20. Photos of 4 different high schools
21. The building where Lincoln died
22. F. Scott Fitzgerald's grave
23. An embassy
24. The home of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
25. An outdoor pool
26. The Rockville house where General George B Mclellan stayed.
27. A footbridge over Rock Creek
28. Fala at the FDR memorial
29. A gatehouse that was once along a very long boundary designed to prevent cattle from roaming into Congress
30. Where Hechinger's used to be

Memorials:

31. JFK's head
32. A statue of a rider on a horse with only three feet on the ground
33. A painting, statue, etc. of Ben Franklin
34. A painting, statue, etc. of George Washington

Columns:

35. A Doric column
36. An Ionic column
37. A Corinthian column

People:

38. A picket line.
39. A presidential impersonator
40. * A mullet.
41. * A person (not on your team) wearing a bowtie
42. A person (not on your team) wearing a CIA or FBI t-shirt or hat
43. * A cop eating a donut.
44. * A person (not on your team) reading a map
45. * A man eating a burrito at El Patio - the restaurant

Sports:

46. * An organized game of kickball
47. * People (not on your team) playing street hockey
48. * A rowing team (actually rowing)

Nature/wildlife:

49. * A squirrel with any monument in the background.
50. * A bird on any statue.
51. * A cockroach.
52. An oak tree

Transportation:

53. A midwestern license plate.
54. A school bus
55. * A train that is not the Metro
56. A Diplomat license plate
57. A traffic signal turning yellow.
58. * Someone on a segway.
59. * A pink bike.
60. * An emergency service vehicle en route (flashing lights).

Misc:

61. A building whose cross-section does not have any right angles
62. * A wedding.
63. The names "John Smith, Jose Cruz and Poindexter" in any memorial, directory, or print anywhere downtown.
64. A public telephone
65. A swing set
66. An "employees must wash hands" sign.
67. A member of your team in a picture with at least three different bridges visible
68. Any major news outlet (newspaper, broadcast studio, etc.)
69. An aqueduct
70. The word (or is it?) "BUILDED" inscribed in stone

Beyond Misc:

71. * A photo bvutfkh umflafkiyt.

A * meant that the picture didn't need a team member in it. Otherwise the picture needed a team member for credit.

Some notes:

45. El Patio is actually an argentinian restaurant, so they don't serve burritos.
61. The National Museum of the American Indian does not have any right angles in its cross section.
70. The word "BUILDED" is on the National Archives building.
71. Steve suggested this one. It was code for "outside Friday's".