I had a wonderful idea sent to me by Sandra Walsh that I've already shared with several people I've talked too. This is a good one! Sandra and I got to talk at the UGA conference this spring and she told me about the wonderful activity she did with her grown children and their families. For a family reunion activity she sent them on a an "Amazing Race" scavenger hunt to their family history sites in the area. Each family had to text pictures of themselves at the sites back to her to check off that they had been to the site. She sent me this list that they used and I'm not sure how these sites relate to their family history, but you can see how one could easily adapt this idea to work for family history sites such as schools, churches, gravesites, businesses and homes that were frequented by your family members. Add a few stories and pictures and you have a great family history activity. I'm going to work on putting one together for my family. Let me know if you try it in yours...
Thanks so much to Sandra for sharing! Such a fantastic idea! Sandra told me that as the children were leaving after their several day family reunion, many of them had commented to her that this was the funnest activity of all.
Instructions:
- · Follow these clues in the order listed. It will take approximately 2.5 hours to complete this race. A 30-45 minute lunch stop is included.
- · The clues are in individual envelopes. Teams may open one clue at a time. Some of the envelopes may have money inside to purchase a treat or lunch along the way.
- · Teams may use Google on their cell phones to help solve clues; or www.visitsaltlake.com; or brochures; or a SLC Downtown Map.
- · Teams should text photos of each location to the game captain when a clue is solved. The game captain may then send an “approved” text if the clue is solved correctly – or a “rejected” text if the team goes to the wrong location.
- · A “roadblock” may be texted to teams during the game. In this case, the roadblocked team will need to solve an additional clue before continuing on the race.
- · At the final destination, the game captain may have a special rug or mat for the teams to jump on when they complete the race (just like Phil does on TV!) Small gnome garden statues were presented as “trophies” to some of our individual players. They had an Amazing Race tag that listed various accomplishments, such as: “Best texter”; “Best use of fry sauce”; “Best bite of chocolate” (one of our kids lost a loose tooth biting into a chocolate covered strawberry!); “Best clue solver”; “Best use of accessories” (we used colorful bandanas to identify each family/team); “Best clue reader”; “Most photogenic”; etc.
Salt Lake City,
Utah
Walsh Family
Reunion
July 4, 2012
Clue #1:
This year (2012) is the 150th anniversary of one of America’s
great railroads. Find this large
railroad logo and have your team photo made with this symbol in the background.
Union
Pacific Railroad sign at The Gateway (18 N. Rio Grande St., SLC)
Clue #2: Where
do the Utah JAZZ play their home basketball games? There is a statue outside the arena that shows
two of their most famous players. Who
were they? Take a photo of one person on
your team trying to steal the ball from one of the statue-players.
John
Stockton & Karl Malone
EnergySolutions Arena (301 W. South Temple, SLC; utahjazz.com)
Clue #3:
What did Brigham Young say when he saw the Salt Lake Valley for the
first time in 1847? Take a picture of
your team by this statue and tell us where it’s located. Challenge:
Circle around this statue walking backwards.
“This is the
(right) place!”
This is the
Place Monument
2601 E.
Sunnyside Ave., SLC
801-582-1847
Clue #4: This
facility hosted the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2002 Salt Lake
Winter Olympics. Find the Olympic
cauldron. Count the number of rings and
name the colors that make up the Olympic symbol.
5 rings – black, blue, yellow, green, red (which
are colors found in all the flags of the world!)
Olympic
Cauldron Park
Rice Eccles
Stadium (1400 East; U of U campus)
Clue #5: What
is the opposite of “little”? Now find
the 8th letter of alphabet.
Put these two clues together to find your next destination. You may
spend up to 45 minutes here without penalty.
Each team member will be given $10 to spend for lunch.
Where are you going?
______________________________________________________________________
HIRES “BIG H” (425 S.
700 E., SLC; 801-364-4582)
Clue #6: These Little Chocolatiers have delighted TV
audiences and locals alike with their hand-made chocolates, carmels and Banana
Splits. The Hatch Family is sure to
measure up to your request to taste one of the best chocolates in Utah. Your challenge here is to do these three
things:
1.
Find
their store in downtown SLC.
2.
Each member of your team must taste a small bite
of one of their special chocolate creations.
($10 per team allotted.)
3.
You must talk to one of the owners or employees
to find out how they started their business.
Hatch Family
Chocolates
376 8th
Ave., Suite A
Salt Lake
City, UT 84013
801-532-4912
Clue #7:
Go to City Creek Center, Salt Lake’s newest shopping mall that features
90 stores, a retractable glass roof, a pedestrian skybridge and a creek
reminiscent of one you’d see in Utah’s beautiful canyons. Find the ZCMI façade
(or front of the building). What is this
building front made from? What does ZCMI
mean?
City Creek
Center (50 South Main St., SLC)
Iron
Zion’s
Cooperative Merchantile Institution, founded by the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints in 1868 to encourage Mormons to buy locally made products.
Clue #8: Find a statue of a little dog over at
City Creek Center. Something special is
available to customers next to the little dog.
Each team should bring us a sample and tell us what it’s used for.
Plastic bag
– It’s a pooper-scooper!
City Creek
Center (50 S. Main St., SLC)
Clue #9:
Why does Salt Lake City have chirping signs at the downtown
crosswalks? Count the number of chirps
it takes you to cross South Temple Street (between City Creek Center and Temple
Square)
How many
chirps? _____________________(5)
Downtown
crosswalks chirp with two different signals for blind pedestrians and to create
a certain avian ambience. The chirps
also serve as a countdown to aid you in crossing the unusually wide streets
here.
Clue #10:
Find the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Administration
Building. What are the names of the pilasters which surround the exterior of
this building? What are they made
of? How many of them are there?
24 Ionic
pilasters, which are made of solid granite and weigh approximately 8 tons each
LDS Church
Administration Bldg. (47 East South Temple, SLC)
ROADBLOCK:
Find a painting or statue of the first leader
of the Mormon Church and take a photo of your team here.
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith
Memorial Bldg. on Temple Square; or one of the Visitor’s Centers or the LDS
Conference Center
Clue #11: What is a cupola? Find two buildings in Temple Square that have
a cupola in the shape of a beehive as part of their design.
A Cupola is
a decorative feature at the top of the roof on a building.
Beehive
Cupola is found on The Beehive House and on top of the old Hotel Utah, now
known as the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
Clue #12:
Find a statue of a pioneer handcart on Temple Square. How many spokes are on the left back wheel?
No. = __________________
Statue
located near the LDS Church Assembly Hall at Temple Square -- 10 spokes
Clue #13: Your pit stop for the final leg of the AMAZING
RACE is a large white building with a dome that sits atop a hill in downtown
SLC. Go to the east side of this
building. Time your team to see how fast
they can run up and down the stairs here.
Stair climb
time: _________________________
Utah State
Capitol
350 N. State
St., SLC
801-538-1800
Bonus clue:
Name 2 foods that are probably more popular in
Utah than anywhere else:
Fry Sauce,
Green Jell-o, Cinnamon Buns, Fried Scones, Bison Burgers, Funeral Potatoes, Ice
Cream & Frozen Custard
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