Blek. January. Here is Something To Do

It's cheesy, but very exciting--a photo scavenger hunt. Very juvenile? I think not. Very intense? Oh! I think so. Motown sorta shuts down in these cold winter months. Too cold. Too hilly. Too many times to the Chic-fil-a indoor play place.

So, here's what you do- You have teams list five actions of things that all teams must take a picture of. State that each item must be a separate photo. My favorite this go around was having the oldest member of your car jump off something that is at least 2ft high.



I also had on the list to take a picture of someone walking their dog, but that didn't work so well because it was raining. Endlessly. I ended up asking this semi-hung over college man to pretend to walk his dog for me:



If the timing works out, sometimes you are startled when you cross paths with another team:



Sometimes when you find the letter J and try to pose "like" a letter J you end up posing dyslexic, but you realize that after the picture was already snapped.



And sometimes, you get really competitive teams that show up in matching Sun Kitten t-shirts and then they inspire you to put your matching shirts on as well.



Afterwords, you sit back and watch your pictures you took only minutes ago on the big screen and laugh and challenge your opponents photos while eating a bowl of homemade chicken noodle soup.

That is something you can do to make these long winter months feel a little warmer.

Tips: Choose a few places that are specific around town. It's fun when you have to cross paths with your teammates. Also, be detailed in your descriptions, for example, two people have to be in the photo doing an action, like a thumbs up or bottoms out kind of pose, or take a picture of someone with brown hair that is not in your car. And, text or call when most of teams have arrived so a team isn't wandering alone out there starving for some chicken noodle soup.