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| Author | Topic: Salt Lake City, UT (Desert Tortoise art hunt) |
| mr billy |
posted 4/4/08 5:11 AM
For all Utah hunters, this is the thread to converse about your hunt. Talk about the parks, the artwork, the great desert tortoise. Feel free to leave comments about the hunt in general, give me ideas to make future hunts even better. If have a specific question to ask, to report found art, or send pictures of your hunting, me please email me at: william.hessian@gmail.com |
| D. Sweet |
posted 5/16/08 9:55 PM
Is this going to be posted as a cache hunt with coordinates? |
| william hessian |
posted 5/20/08 0:30 AM
thanks for the message D. Sweet All of my official art as treasure art hunts will not have geocach coordinates....however, each city I am visiting I will be hiding some of my miniature artwork in existing caches, and possibly creating a few geocacheart galleries. You should definately set down your GPS to take part in my miniature art hunt! And then once it is over with, or possibly during, check out my geocache profile and see if I have created any geocache art treasure in SLC. |
| N&J'sMom |
posted 7/13/08 5:30 PM
Will the art be hidden only in parks in Salt Lake City, or by SLC do you mean parks throughout the whole valley? And will small, neighborhood "pocket parks" be included, or just the bigger ones? (We're psyched!) |
| william |
posted 7/13/08 6:16 PM
I will consider all park in salt lake city. i do tend to try to make sure to hit the biggest parks, but i also like to include a few smaller ones to make it interesting. especially unique little parks. i cant wait to get there! currently the portland hunt is on, and its going GREAT! |
| Peanut |
posted 7/22/08 12:17 AM
Regarding the painting of your fabled bearded bunnies and your mini tortoise art - which came first, the tortoise or the hare? Please reply Aesop (ASAP)! |
| william |
posted 7/24/08 4:02 AM
in terms of which came first the turtle win out by a 'hare'. Although it was a shell of a good race. some important art hunt updates will be made in the next 24 hours, check back soon! The hunt is nearly here |
| Peanut |
posted 7/24/08 11:58 AM
Doggone it - I thought this hunt was taking place in Lake City - the birthplace of waterskiing - in MINNESOTA! No salt in that lake, just a bunch of crappy fish, and a couple of Winona State dudes. Guess I better cancel my hotel reservation. Gonna make it to one of these hunts yet. Where is the NEXT one? |
| william |
posted 7/24/08 5:08 PM
no not lake city, although that would be a fun place to do a hunt. i do not have a time and place scheduled for my next art hunt. but i am pretty sure it will be in the minnesota area. how about a road trip to Utah? find yourself a turtle. |
| Nick |
posted 7/25/08 3:19 PM
Where can I get a copy of all the public parks to take part in this hunt? Has there been any clues yet? |
| Debra |
posted 7/25/08 5:42 PM
Where are the clues? I'm ready to start!! |
| Francene |
posted 7/25/08 10:39 PM
My kids and I are ready to spend our weekend Tortoise Hunting...Hope to see ya'll there!!! |
| E |
posted 7/25/08 10:44 PM
Is "umbrella" misspelled ("umbrilla") deliberately? If so, I don't get the joke. |
| dixie |
posted 7/25/08 11:11 PM
I still cant find any clues, am i looking in the wrong place? |
| E |
posted 7/25/08 11:21 PM
There are no clues posted yet. The hunt starts at sunrise Saturday, July 26th (tomorrow). It says that on the first line of text after the images on this page: http://www.williamhessian.com/projects/saltlakecity.html |
| Francene |
posted 7/25/08 11:49 PM
From whandat I understand, the parks will be listed tonight and the clues will start posting tomorrow. |
| dixie |
posted 7/26/08 1:25 AM
You are right Francine, I read todays trib and it said it started today. My bad |
| Francene |
posted 7/26/08 2:36 AM
I did the same thing. I was ready to head out the door until i read the web site |
| william |
posted 7/26/08 4:33 AM
sorry for the confusion on dates. the parks where we will be painting will be listed right now, and the actual photo clues will be ready for you at sunrise on Saturday (tomorrow)! Good luck to you all! All updates and info will be posted here on the message board, and some bonus clues may be posted periodically during the later hours of each day depending on the success of early hunters. by the way, umbrella was simply misspelled by me. |
| william |
posted 7/26/08 5:38 AM
keep in mind this first batch of clues is the HARD clues and are meant to be very challenging. The second batch of clues Sunday morning will be far more revealing. Looking forward to meeting some treasure hunters at our art in the parks, and don't forget to send in pictures of yourself on the hunt for art. The pictures will be added to the website! |
| william |
posted 7/26/08 6:10 AM
one other quick update, we will be updating the website & working on art tour videos, before art in the parks via wifi connection at: Two Creek Coffee House http://ilovefreewifi.com/saltlake/location/3309/ |
| Mike |
posted 7/26/08 2:38 PM
Anyone have an early idea from these clues? These are tough Billy! |
| Francene |
posted 7/26/08 2:43 PM
Yes, they are tough. I don't even know where to start. This is not fair!!! |
| Francene |
posted 7/26/08 5:15 PM
Anybody having any luck? Im not doing very well.....William help me out...please |
| williamhessian |
posted 7/26/08 6:24 PM
i will be posting a couple bonus clues this afternoon to help out the treasure hunters. stay tuned and good luck. |
| Connie |
posted 7/26/08 6:29 PM
I visited three parks this mornign with no luck. Looking forward to these additional clues. |
| Diane |
posted 7/26/08 6:45 PM
I also visited several parks this morning with no luck. I think I cleared the West Jordan Park and the South Jordan Park. What parks did you visit Connie? |
| williamhessian |
posted 7/26/08 6:52 PM
2 bonus clues added. plus information on the first turtle to be found. congrats to Gage & Shauna Fisher. |
| jantzie |
posted 7/26/08 6:54 PM
We search around Liberty Park for an hour+... found nothing! We could have spent all day looking, the place is so dang huge! Alas, not all was lost, we had a delicious bfast/lunch at The Park restaurant. We will be back tomorrow armed with the new clues. http://www.jantzie.com |
| calanan |
posted 7/26/08 7:04 PM
We checked Faultline Gardens and Reservoir Park and didn't find anything. - mike http://blog.calanan.com/ |
| Connie |
posted 7/26/08 7:06 PM
I walked around Fairmont, Sugarhouse and Liberty. I hadn't been to any of them in such a long time and they all brought back such memories. I wasn't too disappointed in my lack of success since I enjoyed being in the parks so much. http://www.xmission.com/~cnomann Visual Poetry |
| dinomiste |
posted 7/26/08 7:17 PM
Billy, What happens if someone randomly finds your art? Is there instructions on the turtle about posting their find? Having fun with the hunt, been to three parks, no luck spotting the turtles so far. |
| williamhessian |
posted 7/26/08 7:25 PM
on the back of each turtle there is a small tag that says "PEEL" when peeled, it is a long skinny fortune cookie style note, explaining what you have a found and what to do to report the found artwork. the only real issue would be if the random finder did not have, or know anyone with internet access. |
| Diane |
posted 7/26/08 7:28 PM
Okay where is that cat at! It must be a small park I can't place it. |
| williamhessian |
posted 7/26/08 7:58 PM
come see us at city creek park if you get a chance from 3-6pm. the next batch of clues will be released tomorrow morning before sunrise. these medium difficulty clues should help you zero in on the desert tortoises. |
| Gretel |
posted 7/26/08 8:56 PM
Are there any parks south of 33rd south? |
| Stuart |
posted 7/26/08 9:05 PM
I just found the eagle piece attached to the cat! It was a tiny park in rosepark that i had never heard of called steenblick park, what an exciting time! i dont know how to put pictures up, but i emailed a few to william hessian, and i'll be visiting tomorrow, happy hunting everyone- Peace and Love- staurt |
| jocelynne |
posted 7/26/08 9:06 PM
man, this is fun just to figure out from the pics. might go investigate some parks if/when more clues are given. and hi calanan! thanks for the heads-up on this! |
| jocelynne |
posted 7/26/08 9:07 PM
congrats stuart! |
| Mike |
posted 7/26/08 10:09 PM
We found #9 @ Popperson Park! |
| diane |
posted 7/26/08 10:20 PM
I looked up cat statues and saw something called the "Dairy Cats" in Steenblik Park. I live clear in the south valley and decided not to drive clear over to take a look. Wish I would have now. Great job finding it!!! |
| N&J'sMom |
posted 7/26/08 10:40 PM
We thought #4 was in westminster park, but no luck there. we'll try some more when it cools down... or maybe in the AM...we cleared richmond park, where there are concrete play turtles but no art turtles! |
| jantzie |
posted 7/26/08 10:55 PM
Mike, you lucky dog! I think we were there just after you. We interrupted these two kids making out... hehe... and they asked if we were looking for a turtle painting. They said someone just barely got it! Nicely done. http://www.jantzie.com |
| Mike |
posted 7/26/08 11:48 PM
Test |
| Mike |
posted 7/27/08 0:36 AM
jantzie---yeah, we interrupted them too. The funny thing is they were literally sitting 5 feet from the painting, looking right at it, and hadn't picked it up. We hit 6 parks in all today: Olympus Cove, Canyon Rim, Tanner, Popperton, Memory and City Creek. Only saw the one painting. Will continue looking tomorrow with the easier clues. It was a great day today. |
| srturk |
posted 7/27/08 1:20 AM
Someone has found clue #2 (the butterfly)..it was at Westpointe Park. All we found was the tape mark :/ |
| william |
posted 7/27/08 1:42 AM
this is a helpful clue to everyone to stay above 33rd south when searching for these turtles. 4 have been found. 6 left to find, good luck. |
| chiwawamom |
posted 7/27/08 1:52 AM
We glanced at some trees and rocks at pioneer park this morning and found zippo! |
| dinomiste |
posted 7/27/08 2:19 AM
srturk - I'm confused, how do you know #2 was found by the tape mark left behind? |
| E |
posted 7/27/08 2:21 AM
I looked at Sugar House, Fairmont, Liberty, Herman Franks's, Jordan, City Creek, and Memory Grove, and didn't find anything. I obviously didn't look at quite enough rocks at Sugar House-- I was down along the creek mostly, not up in the flower beds. Tomorrow I'll probably have to hit Liberty again plus some new ones. I wasn't able to focus my search very much -- with the hard clues I could only narrow it down to trees, rocks, concrete, and walls. ;) |
| srturk |
posted 7/27/08 2:25 AM
clue #2 and bonus #12 were of the same thing...we found the exact tree (branch for branch in #12) with the circular art piece on the pole in the background. Climbed up a few branches, came face to face with the exact scene in #2 (you can see in the background poles...those are other art-works on posts). There were the bands around the branch that matched exactly and a very clear piece of tape left right where the turtle is in the photo. It was certainly there, and now is certainly gone. |
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