For the last several
years the RCGDS 56ers club has watched the year 2006 approach
with a certain amount of dread. They thought back to the days
when they couldn’t wait to be 13—finally a teenager! And oh,
how they looked forward to 16 so they could drive (legally)!
From there it was only a short two years ‘til 18, when they
could vote and get out of the house and be on their glorious
own. 21 was great, but then it was pretty boring until they
turned 30 and realized they couldn’t trust themselves any
more. Forty, well, it wasn’t too bad, but this year? A
HALF A CENTURY?
Where, they ask, where did our
youth go? They sent out search parties and made missing person
reports to NightKnight, but then…
(cue dramatic music)
…the bitter news came.
A knock at the door.
A grim-faced chaplain.
We’re sorry to have to tell
you, but your youth has been…callously
MURDERED!
(DUN DUN
DUUUUUUUUUN)
Rapidly moving through the stages
of grief to acceptance, the 56ers invite you to mourn their lost
youths with them—at a potluck lunch, naturally—and, AND, do a
little detective work to try to find out who the guilty parties
are. Yeah, on their way through the stages of grief they did get a
little hung up on anger, okay. They admit that. But YOU can help
them by finding the culprits. All you need is your GPS and the
ability to schmooze other teams for the clues that they have and
you don’t, and voila! You can provide the 56ers with the closure
they need to go on with the rest of their lives (short that those
might be).
So who was it? Jim & Jackie?
Yamar? SKWERL? Gary & Vicky? How did they do it? With
grandchildren? Bifocals? MENOPAUSE?
If you’ve ever played Clue you
will have a good idea how to solve this perplexing puzzle and
identify the who, what, and where of each murder. We’ll start out
with handing each team some coordinates, which will lead the team
to a clue that will either enable them to cross someone off their
list or to nail down a solid lead. From there teams will need to
share coordinates with other teams to find clues until the
mysteries have been solved!
Details:
What: BBQ and Potluck (last one
of the season, alas!).
When: Saturday, October 14, 2006.
(We’ll be there to set up in the 8-9 hour, Clues handed out at
10-ish, BBQ will be ready at 11-ish, the Mouth will speak noon-ish,
we have to be out of there 3-ish) (As you can see we’re very
precise about these times!)
Where: Garcia Bend Park on Pocket
Road in, well, in the Pocket.
Who are those five old
people, anyway?: Oh, if you insist: Bill BootyBuddy, Doc, Kimbo,
Wetpaws, WildOates. Happy now? We hope so because to be honest?
We're a little pissy this year. Hmmmpf.
The park is severely short on BBQ
space, so if you have a portable one we could use a couple of ‘em.
Bringing chairs and some extra tables if you’ve got ‘em would be
helpful too.
Bring the dead animal or
vegetable of your choice to throw on the grill. Bring whatever you
want to drink (no adult beverages, sorry). To try to even out the
potluck aspect, please try to follow these strict
guidelines:
If you have found 3000 or more
caches bring a desert (please)
If you have found between 2k and
3k caches bring a salad (please)
If you have found between 1k and
2k caches bring a side dish (please)
If you have found fewer than 1K,
bring miscellaneous goodies to fill the gaps (okay,
please!)
Oh, and please do come in any
sort of funeral garb as is appropriate to the occasion, or in your
best detective get-up!
We hope to see you all
there!