For a recent summer mutual activity with the Laurels, we decided to go for a fun outing that we wouldn't have been able to do on a school night. We took a field trip to Georgetown, explored for a while, then got a treat at
Baked and Wired before heading home. I wanted more of a framework for our explorations around town and thought a photo scavenger hunt would be perfect, unfortunately I could not locate a scavenger hunt that was not run by a tour company that charged an arm and a leg. So I made my own. Below you will see the hunt and the pictures we took along the way. Here you will find a
printable version of the hunt.
Georgetown
Scavenger Hunt
Founded in 1751, Georgetown predates
Washington, and it remained a separate city from Washington until 1871. The
name of town came from either reigning King George II of Britain, or George
Gordon and George Beall, owners of most of the land at the time the city was
founded.
1. Red door
2. Place that sells paintings
3. A historic plaque dated before 1800
4. A gargoyle
5. A place where a president (or other famous politician)
lived or visited
6. Store or restaurant whose name could be a verb
7. A cemetery
8. Someone
wearing plaid pants (bonus if you
get them to pose for a picture with you)
10. An
embassy
11. A stained
glass window
12. A building
made out of stone
13. The C&O
canal
14. Something
named after one of the US states
15. A Civil War
era site (1860-1865)
16. A
cobblestone street or path
17. An address
of 4 consecutive numbers (ex. 1234, 5678, etc)
18. Someone
dressed up in an old-fashioned costume
19. Something
on a sign written in Latin
20.
A sign that says "historic" on it
