Scavenger Hunts Aren't Just for Kids

If there's one thing I'm pretty proud of, it's that I've managed to turn my husband into a Colorado Avalanche fan. I've followed the team since I was 12, so I'm thrilled that Matt now shares that love with me. But I never suspected that he would actually surpass me in the level of obsession for the team. He's now reading tons of articles about the games, and following multiple Avalanche bloggers. But hey, at least he's enjoying himself.

Anyway, one of the bloggers for the Denver Post was having a little Avs-themed scavenger hunt the other day. When Matt saw online that a group of items (a book, a Patrick Roy rookie card, and a ticket from the very first Colorado Avalanche game) was hidden somewhere in our neck of the woods, we headed out to find it.

In the dark, looking for Avs stuff.

I suppose it wasn't a true scavenger hunt, because we were only given one pretty specific clue and we were only looking for one item (or group of items). But regardless, it was fun. Melissa is not a huge fan of the Avalanche, but she is a fan of adventures and fun stuff, so she came along, too.

Melissa.

The initial clue made us think the location was right down the street from us, at some water towers just a few blocks away. So we went climbing hills and walking through snow until we realized there was no way to get past the fence with barbed wire, designed to keep punks like us out. Matt was checking the website on his phone, and a second mini-clue was given: the name of a bar not too far away. So we were off to a second location.

We found another pair of water towers behind the bar, and there sat a giant pile of rocks. We were sure this was the right location, so we started digging.

Sadly, we didn't find anything in the rocks. After looking around, and still not finding a thing, Matt saw online that we were too late and the Patrick Roy rookie card was long gone. While we were traipsing around the wrong water towers, someone had beaten us to our prize.

Oh, well. We had fun climbing hills and digging through rocks. And I've decided that this should become a monthly event. Who doesn't love a good scavenger hunt?

We didn't win, but we had fun.

On another note, yesterday was Valentine's Day. Matt and I took it pretty easy. We watched the Olympics and made a nice dinner at home:

Matt even put a candle on the table. See how romantic we are?

And we bought snowshoes:

Yay, snowshoes!

So next time we have to go climbing hills looking for Avalanche memorabilia, we can wear our snowshoes.