WNY Fennboree 2022

Excerpted from Wikipedia:

Forrest Fenn (August 22, 1930 – September 7, 2020) retired from the Air Force and ran the Arrowsmith-Fenn Gallery with his partner Rex Arrowsmith, which became the Fenn Galleries which he operated with his wife, Peggy. The gallery was located in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

In 1988, Fenn was diagnosed with cancer and given a prognosis that it was likely terminal. This inspired him to hide a treasure chest in an outdoor location with the purpose of creating a public search for it. He considered using the location as his final resting place as well.  He recovered from the illness and in 2010 self-published The Thrill of the Chase: A Memoir, a collection of short stories from his life.   He described a treasure chest that he said contained gold nuggets, rare coins, jewelry, and gemstones. He went on to write that he hid the chest "in the mountains somewhere north of Santa Fe". Fenn said that the stories in the book included hints to the chest's location and that the poem found in the chapter "Gold and More" contained nine clues that would lead a searcher to the chest. Fenn's book and story prompted a treasure hunt in the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. The value of the chest was estimated to be as high as $2 million.

Fenn died on September 7, 2020, at the age of 90.

Shortly, hunters of the Fenn treasure started coming together for an annual event called Fennboree.  Their purpose was to talk about the treasure and share potential solutions.

Well, I figured that we could do something similar here in WNY at Akron Falls Park , except instead of talking about the Fenn treasure (which has been found - sorry if I got your hopes up), we could talk about vexing puzzles we had stumbled across, hang out, and just generally chat.

Inspired by the hunt for the treasure, there will be a treasure hunt (of a sort) for some valuable-ish prizes.  The treasure hunt will start promptly at approximately 10:30 and should take between 30 and 60 minutes.  Everyone who completes it will have a chance to win the aforementioned valuable-ish prizes.  A knowledge of the features of Akron Falls Park may or may not be useful.

Community Celebration Events - 2020

This Event is part of a limited release of Community Celebration Events to celebrate 20 years of geocaching. Geocachers hosted events between May 2, 2020 and December 31, 2022. Learn more about Community Celebration Events on the Geocaching Blog.