The rules for The Great Hitchhiker Race are still in the works, but here is what the participants have come up with thus far:
1) The finish line will be the South Mountain H³, in the South Mountain Nature Preserve in Allentown PA. To make it worthwhile, this will be the culmination of a 3 box series – Spring Peeper, Mountain Laurel and South Mountain H³. This will give final HH placers an incentive to come to the final resting place. Your HH notes/logs should indicate that this is the destination. Lightnin' Bug will check this box periodically to see if anything shows up. First one there wins, keeping it simple.
2) Amanda from Seattle is being kind enough to plant these HH’s in the Emerald City (Seattle) area. She and Lightnin' Bug will be meeting (tentatively) at the Philly Airport on September 18th. All HH participants must be mailed to Lightnin' Bug by September 11.
3) No Hitchhiking in PLB’s! HH’s should be carried, not flown about and PLB’s tend to disappear into ‘Black Holes’. We would not want our creations going missing.
4) Updates on progress will be figured out from emails we receive on the HHs progress, postings on the HH board on Yahoo.com, and this website. Please let Lightnin' Bug or Fleur de Lis know how your HH’s are doing. We’re all honest folks, so we are relying on an honor system.
5) The prize will be bragging rights and carte blanche to tell off an obnoxious elder of your choice.
