Dad insisted on going to The Pioneer Auto Show, a complex of 42 buildings dedicated to cars. He said it was what the town's draw was, and what made it a little booming community. We drove to it (in the jeep) and surprisingly it was right next to the campground, no literally, like a minute away. I was expecting a modernized museum, a government or state or society whatever. Boy was I wrong. We came up to a flat, pretty tall building, with boards with cars and cartoons and such like that. It was old, dirty, and weird. A basic old car building. But, I would enjoy it.
We walked in, and saw a gift shop on the left and another room on the right of the tiny threshold. A old man who was about the average height and having white hair back and yellow teeth said hello to us at his podium and cash register. We said hello also, and then paid with the coupon we got at our R.V. Park. We got 50% off! But anyway, the guy asked who was the oldest kid between us too, and I raised my hand. He gave me a piece of paper and said that clues were hidden all along the auto show, and I collected stickers if I found them by the next clue. He said if we collected all the stickers then we would get a really cool prize. I was excited. I was determined we would win. The guy led us into the door on the right, and we found ourselves in a wide room with a wide hallway down and a hallway horizontal going to the next room. It was concrete floor, and very stuffy. But that wasn't the weirdest thing about it.
To my right as I entered was a statue of Elvis, with his hand up and in a dancing position. The guy (by now we knew his name to be Dave) pressed a switch behind Elvis and a piano played itself and we could see the mechanics working around. It was really cool. Then, as I looked farther beyond the Elvis, their was a juke box and a puppet box. Down the hallway was many cool cars, like the Dukes of Hazard (I have no idea what it is; my dad says it is famous) car and a car driven by Richard Penny and such. We even saw a wooden car that was totally made out of wood and a small Volkswagen. It was a really cool room, but it was just the beginning.
I glanced down at my treasure hunt piece of paper, seeing the treasure hunt outlook, with the compass and all like that. By the places where the stickers were supposed to go, was a clue with a number. The clue was: Follow the path to the place where you can see yourself in three different ways. Hmmm. I tried to think about where you could do that. We went into a new room, with toy cars and Disney characters. It was really cool, seeing all the little matchbox cars and others. The place where you can see yourself in three different ways... I took some memories out of my head, and I looked through a few of them. One when I was 11 at Rapids Jam in NC stood out. There, I went into a monkey maze with all this allusion stuff. In there, I went through three mirrors, one as me tall, one fat, and one small. I just needed to find that. I went down the hallway, and saw it! Those same kind of mirrors! I saw a sheet full of stickers of a cartoon of what I was seeing and so I peeled it off and placed it on my sheet. One clue down!
The next clue said: Tyrannosaurus has 3 toes. Find them for your next clue.
"Look Andrew!" Rebecca cried. "Here's a clue!" I came over, and saw that she was pointing to stickers right by a statue of a small dwarf with a saw cutting wood. I glanced down at the sheet. Clue #3 was: Find the one who cuts the wood. So, Rebecca had found the third, but we still didn't have the 2nd. It was probably the only time I chance would come for the third, so we took it and placed it carefully on ours. I told her good job for finding it. We now needed to find the second.
That chance came when we were in a room full of precious metals and beautiful gems and rocks. It was really cool, and we found a little fake T. Rex on a fake volcano, with a sheet of stickers right by it. It was I who had found that one. We did the whole process, and then looked at the next clue. By this time we both we're excited about it. Clue #4: If you look afar you will find a hammer over a car!
I was enjoying the museum, it was really cool to see all the cars and such, and I loved doing the clues!
As I looked around for that clue, I left Rebecca looking at rocks and looked afar. I went through some cool car places, with 70's and 80's cars, and other stuff like that. I had to go through a few hangar like buildings, admiring the cars as I went. I found myself in the middle of a courtyard with buildings and a lot at that. There was another big hanger, and many little buildings back at the other side. I went into one hanger, and going to the very back, I found a huge fake hammer on top of a mustang, hardly even visible. By was a sheet of stickers. I was glad I finally found it.
I saw some cool cars, and in one hangar facing the motorcycle section was a sign saying muscle cars, and it was the last hangar on the one side. I went in, and saw all kinds of muscle cars, blue mustangs, red and white challengers and other cool stuff. I looked left, and saw a stop light with three bulbs, green, yellow, and red. By was a sheet of stickers. I prior had seen the next clue, saying: Next Find the lights that make you stop and go! That was this. I peeled it off, then looked at the next clue, number 6. If you find Elvis you are on the right track. Keep looking for a bike that is driven by a bat! Hmmmm... Elvis... well, I could go back to the statue at the entrance... But, if it was there I would of noticed it. Well, I'll just walk into the building opposite me, and see if I can find a bike in their... it is a motorcycle section. But what did it mean by it being driven by a bat? Only time would tell.
TO BE CONTINUED...!
(I'm gonna add another blog post that is the second part to this story. Please read the other part!)
No comments:
Post a Comment