Friday, June 1, 2012

SCAVENGER HUNT LOCATION #4 Major Swag



June 21, the third Thursday of the month, you can gain free admission to this place, but you have to find it first. I really want you to visit, so I am hiding THREE copies of The Beak of the Finch at this location, and three homemade journals. 

Inquire at the front desk to acquire more clues. 

Make sure you wear sunscreen, a hat, and walking shoes.

Travel with a buddy.

Here are some clues.

GPS Coordinates: 32.725487,-96.663895




Remediation of a Brownfield Site


This closed landfill in southeastern Dallas is a visionary restoration project that reclaimed 120 acres of the Great Trinity River Corridor. The Deepwood Landfill site comprised 1.5 million tons of construction debris illegally dumped over a 15-year period. Following the criteria of the state's requirements and the goal of returning this land to nature for the use of future generations and as a site of the _______  _____ _______ ______, the devised plan consolidated the waste into capped rolling hills replanted with tall prairie grass and hardwood trees once dominant on the Texas Blackland Prairie.

Audubon Magazine

http://trinityriver.audubon.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/magazine_teaser_thumb/photos/scissor-tailed-flycatcher_howard-eskin.jpg  


How to take DART to this location:
 
Walk to 8th @ IH 35 - E - MB
About 3 mins (0.2 mi)


8th @ IH 35 - E - MB Stop ID: 15645
444
Bus towards 444 Ledbetter Station
9:21am - 9:50am (29 mins, 42 stops)


Ledbetter Station Stop ID: 23320
Walk to Ledbetter Station
About 1 min (5 mins to make transfer)


Ledbetter Station Stop ID: 30506
466
Bus towards 466 Buckner Station
9:55am - 10:11am (16 mins, 18 stops)
grt Trinty @ Creek Cove - E - NS

1 comment:

  1. Did anyone visit? You can send me pictures, or show me your ticket stub and I will make sure you get that journal and book.

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