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We're at the point in this trip where we had planned to put on some miles... so that's what were doing. Yesterday, we drove from the edge of Death Valley National Park, through the oddly named town of Pahrump, around the southern part of Las Vegas, and south from there to Kingman, Arizon. I have to say, the entire drive was nothing special. Even our free overnight spot was nothing special.

So to make up for that, I'd like to talk to you about something that MIGHT become something special...

I received an email the other day from the folks who organize The Global Scavenger Hunt.

You've probably never heard of it before, despite the fact that it's been held almost every year since 2002. It's billed as the competition to crown The World's Greatest Travelers. We've actually known about it for several years, but we've never had the opportunity to take part because of our work schedule at the park. But now it's different.

And we think we might like to enter.

You can read more about it here...

http://globalscavengerhunt.com/

As a two person team, you circumnavigate the globe over a 23 day period, visiting a minimum of ten different countries. During the 23 days, you do not know which country you are going to until only four hours before each flight leaves! During your time in those countries, you take part in various activities. It's been compared to The Amazing Race, but it's actually quite different.

Rather than me tell you more about it, have a look at their 2019 brochure...

http://globalscavengerhunt.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/The-Global-Scavenger-Hunt-Brouchure.pdf

Oh, did I mention that there is a $50,000 USD cash prize to the winners?

And that there are only 15 teams in the competition?

There's only one problem.

It costs $12,500 USD per person to enter!

So when I first thought about this, I thought that's ridiculous. $25,000 USD per team for a 23 day trip.

Yep, ridiculous. After all, Ruth and I could travel the world on that kind of money and make it last a full year!

But I remained intrigued. To the point where I have sent in our application.

That doesn't mean we're "in". It means that we now have to go through an interview process. They don't accept just anybody. And they receive more than 100 serious applicants every year and there are only 15 available spots.

Let me say that if we had to pay for this ourselves, we just couldn't justify it. But... we have a large group of long time loyal readers of this blog. And I'm thinking that many of you armchair travelers would love to read about us doing this competition. So much so, that you might be willing to contribute towards the cost.

So we need to gauge the level of interest. If we do this, those who donate towards the cause will get front row seats via their own private blog posts as well as a variety of other benefits. Including the possibility of having your support donated to charity if we win! But we need to know approximately how much you're willing to support us. So we're asking you to quickly fill out the following five second pledge. This is very important to our decision... so please take the time to click where necessary.



This is very preliminary... we may not even be accepted. But if we are, we need to have an idea of where we stand before we can make a commitment.

Comments? Please do!!