Monday, July 27, 2015
Crysta Parkinson @ Well Worn Suitcase
I love road trips. One of my favorite things about road trips is adventuring off the usual path and finding what makes a community interest. Greenville, South Carolina is a pretty little downtown with a fun, quirky feature - the Mice on Main, a scavenger hunt for nine tiny bronze mice hidden along Main Street.
Possibly the coolest senior project ever, the Mice on Main are the work of a young man named Jim Ryan in 2000. He partnered with sculptor Zan Wells to create the hunt based on the mice in the story Goodnight Moon, which his mother read to him when he was little.
The mice trail from the Hyatt to the Westin Poinsett Hotel, a stretch of about six blocks. You can pick up a map and list of clues at the Mast General Store, but it was easier for us to follow the hints on the website here.
We had such a great time, exploring the streets and looking for the mice as a family. It was a fantastic family activity, and so cute and fun!
There were other families on the adventure, too, and we worked together to find the difficult ones. There were two that we had to walk up and down for a while looking for....it took some effort to keep the little one engaged, but there was no way Daddy was leaving without finding all nine!
(If you get really stuck, there are a few places to look for additional hints online. Check out Flickr and Facebook for photos other searchers have taken.)
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Haha the photos are fun! The mice is just so photogenic and made every frame more interesting! #MondayEscapes
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, how precious is that?! And fun for the entire family. Heck, who needs kids for this, I'd play along! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing hun xo
There were definitely points on the journey when the competitive adults were the focus far more than the kids!!
DeleteAww, that's really cool! I love discovering neat little quirky stuff like that in different places! Every town is unique!
ReplyDeleteCool post. I love the subtle pics of your little girl in the background.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool fun activity for the whole family. We would love it!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome! My kiddos love goodnight moon and would get a kick out of doing this .Thanks for sharing .
ReplyDeleteOmg how fun!!! I'd love to do a scavenger hunt like this some day!
ReplyDeleteStuff like this is great for kids! (and big kids too :) ) I'll probably be chasing Shaun the Sheep next week in Bristol. Much bigger and easier to spot. Your little girl is very cute :)
ReplyDeleteWe love finding these sorts of things as well. Rapid City, SD has statues of all the Presidents - and has a scavenger hunt that ends with a free soda...;)
ReplyDeleteCool, Michael! We have checked out the statues a few times, but I didn't know there was a scavenger hunt to go with it! We'll have to check it out next time we are there! Thanks for the tip!
DeleteWhat a great idea! It looks like you had a great time. Mice on Main does seem like the best senior project! thanks,
ReplyDeleteLOVE this! Can't wait to share this post with my fellow book nerds! =)
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I love how creative Americans are, I always here of the best days out, the weirdest and my wonderful things you can find on a road trip. A roadtrip in the uk would be, well first it would be short, and secondly boring (at least the bit in the car would be) because we don't have places on the side of the road, or amazing little creative places like this. Love it! Great pics too.
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How sweet!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the photos of your daughter :D
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