Sunday, October 16, 2011

The Teams

The WINNERS -- The Gimp O'Lanterns!
1st team to arrive, Most delicious Dish, 1st to discover location

2nd place -- The Wicked White Trash of the West
3rd to arrive, Best Team Name, Best Team Uniform
3rd Place -- The Ghastly Green Goblins
2nd to Arrive, 1st to Name Team, Most Excited about Winning a Prize and Most Helpful Team


The Red Devils
The Would-Have-Won-If-They-Didn't-Overthink-the-Last-Clue Team

Purple Rain
Runner's Up in the Best Costume Department!

The Golden Ghouls
Most Creative and Creepiest Dish Winners and also the Bribe that Required the Most Effort
(Sam brought us a Kitty Katrina cake from my favorite place in UTAH!)

The Bribes

When we said bribes, we meant something small
We weren't expecting this grandeur at all!

We certainly don't feel at all deserving;
All your spoiling was kind of unnerving.

You truly must know us too well
All your gifts really rang our bell.

For sharing your crafty and culinary arts
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts!!

Wicked White Trash of the West stayed true to their name!
The left us brooms and capes wrapped in this very lovely packaging.

Red Devils left us a bag full of goodies -- Oreo Bark, necklaces and a cute Halloween Decorations
And WOWed us with their chocolatiering skills!

Purple Rain made us a cute craft and yummy snickerdoolde blondies

The Gimp O'Lanterns brought Orange Rolls and lots of other goodies to sweeten the pot.

The Ghastly Green Goblins know a Pizookie is the way to a Witch's heart.


The Golden Ghouls brought in my favorite cake all the way from Utah!  Although, the poor Kitty Cat in the picture did not have such a happy ending.

Some of the Food









The Clues

Each location


Shappel's Alfalfa Farm:

There's a legend told around Chandler Stake
That makes even grown men shiver and shake.
In a forsaken alfalfa field, among the rows
A lost Nut Farmer wanders, the story goes.


While he was out on a fun Halloween race,
Ghosts and goblins laid siege to his place.
Now he's forced to search high and low
To find a white pillar, all aglow.


While important to him, this pillar is vital to you
For buried beneath it, you'll find you next clue
Just before Lindsay heading East on Germann
Find the Southern house to continue this game.


A flag let's you know you're in the right spot
To begin your search of the Western Lot.
Up and down the fields you'll wander
But make sure it's not your lead you squander.


250 feet is the span between each mound
Just one out, your team's pipe can be found.
Find the color _(team color)_ round the column
Then dig low into ground most solemn.


Make sure it's your color at the top
And don't dig anywhere with a crop.
"Make haste" the Nut Farmer implores,
"I fear lest my fate become yours."


Parking Garage on Rome (by Costco):

Last year's party made us too tired to haunt,
So Wanda and Hilda took a little jaunt.
While enjoy una margarita at a pizzeria
We came up with this clever idea!


We'd hide a clue reminiscent of vacation;
And driving down Pecos we found our location.
There happens to be un parcheggio out that way;
At a place "non fu fatta in un giorno," they say.


Looking up and around and around,
By the tromba delle scale, your clue will be found.
Stepping lightly, between four and five,
Grab the clue and rush to get out alive!



DUMP PARK (frisbee park):
There's a park built on land reclaimed;
A walk with a view, or so it is named.

A slithery serpent guards the path
Drive safely so not to incur her wrath.


While children might run around by day
At night, trolls and goblins come to play.

For this is where they make their home;
Where ghosts and flying saucers roam.


The creatures each claim different holes
And at an oddly eerie number live the trolls.

Unlucky or not, it's up for you to decide
But near by is where all the clues hide.


Those wicked trolls have a mean streak
And they hid the ingredients you seek.

Go ahead and search where you please,
But remember where trolls feel at ease.


Superstition Road

 A black cat walks t'ward you, breath a sigh of relief,
Surely defined as an irrational belief.
Break a mirror and have seven years bad luck,
A bird in the house means someone's soon struck.

The next location without debate,
Is a street where these fears culminate.

Next to Higley you'll start your trail,
Past the houses and signs of a rail.
Just before the road curves around,
A clue is burried 'hind a heaping mound


Lowe’s Chainsaw Clue
Though living here requires Lonestar Pride,
With cannabals loose, there's nowhere to hide.
Try to escape, flesh makes them drool,
Look LOW for their weapon
Don't choose the wrong TOOL.

Hurry to find this next location,
'Fore the hungry give in to temptation.
Look as far East as boundaries provide,
Inside the warehouse that is implied.


Bus Stop in Downtown Chandler
A place to wait, but not be late.
Be sure to arrive 'fore a quarter past eight.
One hundred fifty, then add a six.
Which one is it Wanda predicts?
The desired direction written in here,
Right lighting required for it to appear


FINISH LINE
A witchy brew is being stewed,
Where your journey's 'bout to conclude.
At a new place we'll meet,
For first place you will compete.

A certain type of association,
That's really great at fees and taxation.
This one's name involves singing stars,
Taylor Swift and Honkey Tonk Bars.
But remember "a new place we'll meet,"
In the Shadows, your journey's complete.

Remember the number Thirty-One Forty-Nine,
Though you won't find Miss Patsy Cline.
A man by the name of Mister Bing Crosby,
Sang of our street in "Christmas in Killarney."



Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Team Standings

Just four days until the challenge begins
Which will be the team that wins??

Gimp O'Lanterns -- 4 points
Ghastly Green Goblins -- 3 points
Red Devils -- 2 points
Wicked White Trash of the West -- 2 points
Purple Rain -- 2 points
Golden Ghouls




Monday, October 10, 2011

Address Clues

NUMBER:
First a number is what you will need
This equations will let you proceed.
To make sure you're on the right course,
You'll need to know the poem and its source

The stanzas echo one word again and again
Find it, count it, square it and then . . .
Add it to the year the poet "fed the fishes"
Plus the year when he joined the militias.

DIRECTION:
Next a direction, which way will it be?
Don't trust Broadway if you want to succeed.
In a novel that each Witch knows by heart
Maguire explains the root of Elphaba's dark art.
In the pages, three witches are plotting and cackling
But sadly, the direction you need seems to be lacking.

STREET NAME
This street pays homage to a famous Princess
Whose kidnapping caused Etheria great distress.
When just a babe, she was stolen by the evil Horde
Her brother too young to wield his mighty Sword.
Prince Adam, her twin, went on to great fame
Though you might not know him by his true name

Friday, October 7, 2011

Clue #1

CLUE #1 (of 4)    
The answer will be a general type of landmark.  E-mail us once you've figured it out and will send more clues for the actual address



Not too close, yet not far away
A deserted tower begins its decay.
In a poem so dark and dreary
Extolling each virtue eery,
a tortured soul proclaimed its curse
In haunting dipodic verse:

"In the silence of the night,
How we shiver with affright
At the melancholy menace of their tone!
For every sound that floats
From the rust within their throats
Is a groan."

To start the race, meet where it stands,
And here the peal from ghoulish hands.
But where exactly could it be?
That will be your mystery.
Solve our riddles and be in the know.
The address reveals where to go.


Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Starting Location

Are you wondering where we will meet?
Perhaps the address and name of a street?

After Friday you won't have to fret
For that's when you're first clue you will get.

Working with your team to ease your consternation
You'll solve our puzzle for a starting location.

We don't need anything too specific
Just a general landmark would be terrific!

Once we're assured you have the correct solution
We'll give you more clues to clear up confusion.

The second will reveal a number, and third a direction
Lastly, the street name and you've got the collection.

Put them together and what have you got?
The exact address of our beginning spot.