7/27/05 | 10:46 pm | Solution : Tank Turret
Hey kids, so first off I’m taking a break until Monday. I am all worn out on scavenger hunt clues right now, so I’ll see you then. But I’m most likely going to put up some more Scavengeroogle Bounties between now and then so check back once in awhile!
Wow, so this clue was pretty difficult all around even after the region drop(s). I turns out there were unintentional herrings in the clue, most prominently was Empire, Michigan. I didn’t even notice this! I meant the clue to refer to the nearby Empire Mine. Oh wells. I DID expect to get lots of people to look in Hershey and other chocolatey places.
The other part of the clue was for Chocolay, MI which is nearby. Jon G was first to get it on a hunch:
Tried all around Hershey, PA and Birmingham, AL (home of Cadbury) with no luck. On a hunch I googled chocolay, which led me to Marquette, MI and to the Turret. It feels good to be back after taking a few weeks off from ‘roogling to get married. There were a lot of changes and new stuff in the scavengeroogle world in the past few weeks!
OtherChrisR, who was the center of a little controversy over the Bounties awhile back, got it soon after:
I think I lucked out on this clue. As soon as I pulled up Google Maps I zoomed in on the northern US and the first city I saw was Chocolay. From there I just scanned it until I found it.
And Chris Re, who is OtherChrisR’s doppelganger came in right after with a kind of trippy side note:
This was really weird. On a previous clue, the one with the rocket ship and the “stroke”, I thought the clue referred to Arnold Palmer and proceeded to search through every city named Palmer. I actually stumbled upon this very same picture in Palmer, MI and even emailed it to fellow office scavengeroogler Mike M. Freaky weird.
That is very weird when that happens. I know something like that has happened at least twice already. Mark L got to the UP (this is so cool that I actually learned something from Scavengeroogle… never knew what the Upper Peninsula was):
On and off about an hour….. I had no clue until the region drop. Looked around Empire MI for awhile…. tooled around in map mode and found a city called “Choco-something” in the upper peninsula.
Phil J got it after the updates:
Took about 90 seconds. Once I saw your 3:45 update, I scrolled around until I found Chocolay in the Upper Peninsula, then found it about 10 seconds later!
Jason Y also did the Empire, MI dance first:
How Long: On and off during the day. I started with Empire, Michigan, and then kept searching farther away. If only I would have looked a bit north.
Michael H had a bit of misdirection:
An hour before the Michigan clue, then 5 minutes after.
The problem is that it’s too easy to go off in the wrong direction. Chocolayte Empire said “Hershey, PA” to me, and I figured the odd spelling of chocolayte would become clear once I got there. Empire could also have meant Empire State for New York. I think I’m getting the hang of it now, though.
Well, yes there will always be herrings, chocolate or otherwise. Otherwise, it’s no fun!
Justin did finally get the UP:
I searched all around Michigan, having forgot all about the Upper Peninsula. Once I stopped being a moron and searched up there, it was pretty easy to figure out the area I needed to look in. It took about 30 minutes altogether.
Justin, like I always say… none of you are morons. In fact most of you are Roogle Geniuses. I give you all credit for even taking the time to search around.
Markus B said:
Now this was hard! I looked times times though Hershey, PA and didn’t find it… After Michigan I found Chocolay and still took me too long. Well I guess the harder they are the bigger the satisfaction is
Yeah, that is what a lot of people have said. I guess not finding it can be really frustrating. But finding a difficult one can be a big rush that makes up for not finding the others… or at least I’ve heard! Thanks for playing, y’all…
