Upcoming and Ongoing

I spent a lot of time on the American History Puzzle last week, and didn't have time to include upcoming local events in my wrap-up post.  Since there are a few good ones coming up, I figured I'd just give you a quick update:  The last First Thursday Run of the year!  Scavenger hunts at the UW and Downtown Seattle!  A colloquim on winning contests!  The start of winter orienteering!  Get out there and have some fun!

P.S., these are all in the Seattle area.

Possible Golden Ticket hiding place

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• First Thursday Adventure Run - November 1, Green Lake.  Last one before March.  Remember:  if it's raining, they still give away the same prizes, so your chances of winning skyrocket.
• Golden Ticket Scavenger Hunt - November 2, UW campus, 10am-2pm.  Part of W Day, the UW's birthday celebration.  Clues are tweeted at the top of the hour.  First to find each ticket gets a hoodie and a box of chocolates.  I just might compete in this.
• WIOL/Winter O #1 - November 3, Lincoln Park.  Competitive orienteering for young and old.
• The Theory of Crowdsourcing Contests - November 15, UW Campus, 3:30pm.  It's not every day that there's a scholarly talk on contests.  Unfortunately, this is not about puzzle hunts, but contests where the entrants compete to complete a task, such as design a logo.  Still, there's nothing wrong about learning about strategies for winning contests.
• WIOL/Winter O #2 - November 17, Magnuson Park.  Remember if it rains that Magnuson used to be a swamp.  You've been warned.
• Fall BEAST Race - November 18. The 'E' in BEAST stands for Evening, but thankfully, this race is during the day.  Some running, some biking, some orienteering, a surprise challenge.  And if it's on the Eastside, there's usually snow involved, somehow.  Not on purpose, but it just seems to happen.
• Holiday Goose Chase - starts around Thanksgiving, I presume.  A scavenger hunt of sorts in downtown Seattle.  Requires downloading a mobile app.  Put on by geoteaming, a local company that puts on geocaching-themed events.

Photo Credits

Broken Obelisk: Elephant wearing striped pants via photopin cc