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I've got a puzzle hunt coming up next weekend (sign up, folks!), and Potlatch this weekend, so my vast audience will have to be satisfied this week with a quick and dirty post. Plus I'm exhausted from winning the Issaquah Street Scramble and DNF'ing the BEAST race at Union Bay (who thought getting out of their canoe would be a good idea during canoe orienteering? This guy.)
The Past: See what you've been missing
The Present: If you lived here, you'd be home by now
- Book Scavenger hunt - Seattle Public Library's Teen Summer Reading Program. .
- Ready Player One Easter Egg Hunt - 2nd gate opens up on Sunday. But you still have time (a month) to do both gates before the final mad rush on August 1.
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The Future: That is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives
- Long O - June 30, Salmon La Sac. The mountains will keep the rain away, right? Right?
- ZLOGCAT - June 30, Cal Anderson Park. Alleycat race.
- Gorilla Challenge - June 30. Amazing-Race + gorilla suits
- 4th of July Cheshiahud Challenge - July 4. Make your way around Green Lake, answer trivia questions for a chance to win Gold Bumbershoot passes. Free.
- First Thursday Adventure Run - July 5, Green Lake.
- CitySolve Urban Race - July 7. Another Amazing-Race
- TRIOBA 24 Hour Adventure Race - July 7, Cougar, WA. "There will be 15-25 miles of flat water paddling, 50-75 miles of biking, and 20-30 miles of trekking and trail running." Be prepared, or just stay at home and rest up for...
- Summer Puzzle Hunt 2012 - July 8, 1pm. Put on by yours truly.
- Road to the NACCC - July 14. Alleycat (to fundraise for next year's North American Cycle Courier Championships), followed by a concert.
- Evening Orienteering - Wednesday, July 18, Big Finn Hill Park, Kirkland. With a big barbecue afterwards.
- Pirate Treasure Hunt - Friday, July 20, 6pm. Meadowbrook Community Center. Family event, I imagine.
- Amazing Kitchen Race - July 21, 11am. Scavenger Hunt + cooking competition. Paging Menu Hunters Anonymous.
- Urban Bike Adventure - July 22. Looks like a bike version of the Amazing Race. Solve puzzles, bike to checkpoints, cash and other prizes. I'd totally enter this except I have a prior commitment.
- Tour de Watertower - July 22. A punishing race to all of Seattle's high hills ('cause that's where the watertowers are, baby). Since the towers and the starting/ending points are widely known, this race favors speed and endurance over route planning.
- Choose Your Own Adventure - July 22, UW. Orienteering on campus, with a get-together at the Big Time Brewery afterwards (in the early afternoon, which means the Big Time is all-ages).
- Seattle Night and Day Challenge, July 28-29, show up around 2:30 at Road Runner Sports in Green Lake. Basically a gigantic Street Scramble that covers most of Seattle and starts at 4pm, with options for 90 minutes, 3 hours, 7 hours, and 16 hours. 16 hours gets you a real 'night and day' experience. I prefer the 7 hour option, which still gets you some night, but with less of the hangover after you pull an all-nighter. If you clear the course (I almost did it once; forgot the Locks closed at 9pm, dammit), you'll go around 70-80 miles.
Geocache puzzle of the week: Puzzler's Puzzle. One puzzle too easy for you? How about 31? Solve (or at least partly solve) 30 puzzles so you can solve the underlying meta-puzzle. This one took me about 15 days.
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