Thanks to Angela for the phone
support!!!
Will and I drove home early this morning from Seattle where
we completed 2 races yesterday, the Seattle Oyster and Scavenger Dash. When we got home we grabbed some new clothes
and snacks and it was off to Portland for the Portland Scavenger Dash. After all the challenges of yesterday we
were hoping today’s race would be less eventful.
When we arrived at the start, Ringler’s, I saw 4 of my
old/current students. Fun, I would be
racing against them. When it was time
to start they moved us outside and told us we would get a clue to where to find
our clue sheets. The clue was to locate
the baby bronze elephant and we knew that was in the North Park Blocks so we
were off. We were first to get to the
statue.
Once there we had to locate a ball that matched a number
written on our race bib. Once we had it,
we gave it to the volunteer in exchange for our clue sheet.
We grabbed the clue sheet and got on the phone with Angela
and started solving them. Once we had
them all solved we made a plan of attack.
We could skip one clue but there were 3 mandatory clues that were all
spread out so there wasn’t one clue that was truly out of the way. There were also 2 items we needed to get
others to help us with. We decided to
try to get these first. So we ran down Burnside to the market and bought a pack
of gum and then rounded up two strangers to blow bubbles with us.
Next, as we ran across Burnside on third we got a pic planking at a fountain and then
noticed there were a lot of people (in line for VooDoo) so we asked them to
help us get our jumping off the ground picture. It took a couple of times but we finally got it.
Next we ran down to Mill’s End Park for a photo
Then it was on to Chapman Park for a challenge. It said it wasn’t open until 12:30 and we
got there at 12:35, perfect timing.
Once there I had to direct a blindfolded Will to 5 candy bowls randomly
placed in the park and he had to collect a piece of candy from each. As we entered the park there was another
team sorting out their clues. We did
this task very quickly and on our way out the other team commented on how fast
we were. Will’s reply was, “I know how
to follow orders. If momma ain’t happy nobody is happy”. Well he got half of that correct but I still
think he could work on the following orders.
We were off to Pioneer Courthouse Square to snap a pic with the Beaver statue and then up to Jimmy John’s to grab a WIPE.
Next we hopped the MAX for 6 blocks up to PGE for a pic with the face statue. We had to convince the kids to move over so we could get the picture.
Then we had to decide how to go up to Washington Park. We could run up Burnside or Salmon or take the MAX. We ruled the MAX out and then Will said that it would be faster to run up Salmon. I asked him if he was sure and he said he was. I then wanted him to double check because we have had issues with his navigation in the past. He got made at me doubting him and insisted up Salmon was the best way. However once we started to run up Salmon (a steep hill) he wasn’t so sure anymore and thought that we should double back and go up Burnside. Oh my gosh!!! I just asked and now we were running 6 extra blocks. Come on Will, this is why I asked! So we doubled back and ran up to 24th and Burnside and then went up a trial, quite a ways uphill. When we were in the Park Will again wasn’t sure were to go so it took us a while to figure out how to get to the Sacajawea statue. Once we found it we did a balloon relay and then got to run downhill all the way to 11th. We hoped to catch a bus or the street car but no luck so we had to run the whole way to the last check point Tanner Springs Park. This was a mandatory point and way out of the way so we decided to hit it last.
Once we got our picture we were off and racing back to the
finish. We ran as hard as we could not
sure where we were in relation to everyone else but when we ran through the
door at Ringler’s we were first!!! It
took us 1:33 to finish and the second place team didn’t get in until 2:09 so we
had plenty of time to get a burger, tots, and a beer before awards. Finally a win for the weekend, and now it
was time to go home unpack and get ready to go back to work. What a weekend!
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