The first week of FLRC’s Happy Holidays Scavenger Hunt kicks off tomorrow! From Thanksgiving (Thursday, in case you’d forgotten) to Wednesday (11/28–12/4), find as many of these items as you can, and while you’re at it, why not have your run, hike or walk do double duty for the Turkey Trot?
The first set of items are as follows -
A turkey or other poultry (Happy Thanksgiving!)
Any food item found out in the wild
A partridge in a pear tree (or just the coolest tree you can find)
Two turtle doves (or I guess some purple or gloves will do, too)
Three French hens (or a run wearing red, white and blue)
Once you find your item, take a selfie or picture and post it on this thread. Remember, for every selfie or picture of one of these items that you post, you get one point. The runner(s) with the most points will be entered into the swag drawing at the end of the event. And, while five might seem to be the high score, I as the omnipotent race director get to award extra points based on particularly creative or artistic photos, or those that get lots of “likes” here on the Forum.
Fun Fact about December - The word “December” comes from the Latin word decem, which means “ten”. December was originally the 10th month in the Roman calendar, but January and February were added later.
I enjoyed Amy’s photo. It’s not everyday that you can get your picture taken with a bird that is larger than you!
I missed the Turkey Trot this year for reasons TLDR, but was happy to find a special running activity that I could do today in the form of this scavenger hunt. While running a 6-mile loop, I took photos of two of my favorite trees: the Piglet Tree by the manure piles at “Horse Barns” and the old oak above the nut grove in the Cornell Botanic Gardens. It was too rainy for birds to be a-twitter, but I took a photo of a bird on a sign, and Adam took a photo of me in my new Turkey Trot sweatshirt, which has the FLRC road runner transmogrified into a turkey on it.
Unusual tree: As you know, dead trees can become mother trees that other trees grow out of. This rare specimen has somehow played host to a banana tree, very unusual for this climate.
Food in the wild: Amazingly, it is also banana season! Who knew?
Red, white, and blue: Thanks to the Hartshorne shirt (and hat), which is an excuse to note that registration for the January race is now open!
It’s not the coolest tree, but the Cherry Blossom trail is still pretty nice to look at…in the spring. The Corning Rotary Club planted about 40 trees in Denison Park.
Out for a run this afternoon I spotted a tree that’s hung onto its leaves all through November, fortunately not in my yard. I’m done with raking. I found some food in the woods, including a rare sunflower spotted pumpkin and saw some poultry flying overhead. All while wearing a red jacket, white shirt, and blue headband! And while I didn’t take a picture so it doesn’t count, I’m pleased to report that I found my missing glove in the box of Halloween decorations I finally put away today.
