Scavenger Hunt Revisited

In 2014, D dropped the Jboys off at our house for the day. I created a scavenger hunt for them to work on. You can see it HERE. In 2020, J3 spent the night so I recreated and added to the original scavenger hunt. I am catching up on blog posts from the past several years that I never got around to writing. The hunt on this page happened on July 30, 2020.

When Boogs and J3 got up in the morning, I had a scavenger hunt ready for them. At age 14, the boys wanted to spend all their time playing video games but I had other ideas. The first four clues and hiding spots were the exact same ones I used six years before. The first clue was taped to the fridge so they would see it when they got up in the morning. 

Clues that were exactly the same as the previous scavenger hunt.

They quickly decoded the second clue and went outside to look under the rocker on the front porch.

                               The clue lead them to look in the trees.

Next, they went to the fire hydrant across the street. They weren't really sure they wanted to continue. Then Boogs realized these were the same clues and hiding spots from the last hunt. 

Boog yelled for J3 to look under the mailbox while he went to the last scavenger hunt's next location. Unfortunately, there was nothing in the old tree stump this time.

They had to decode the clue J3 found taped under the mailboxes.

The clue told them to go to the little park. At the park, the clue at this bench said, "The OTHER little park." So they had to keep walking.

They found the right park then had to go to the bee tree.

The bee tree clue, a picture of a troll and three goats, led them to a third park.

It took them a few minutes to figure out the clue and go to the gazebo at the park.

Finally, the last stop on the hunt. The final hiding place held a note saying I would take them to Half Price Books and let them pick out a book I'd pay for.

They were not impressed with the little squish balls that were attached to the final note.

The boys said they had some fun on the treasure hunt and were happy to go to Half Price Books. I was happy to get them off their devices and make them walk about three miles this morning.  Yay!