Five years ago, I wrote a column about fall family scavenger hunts. There was no Mount Washington Valley Rec Path at that time. The primary purpose was to get families out on trails and paths, discovering what they could see, hear and touch in nature. My secondary agenda was to promote the idea of a future rec path and how wonderful that would be for families to explore.
From MWV Rec Path’s website, people could download a “Scavenger Hunt Grid” and see how many items they could find. If they submitted their grids to the website and posted pictures of their hunters on its Facebook page, even if they were not completed, families were eligible for prizes.
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