I wanted to go on the San Francisco Treasure Hunt ever since I moved here!  Jayson Wechter created an event so spectacular it could only happen here.  I  couldn't get that many photos since we were on a serious deadline.  Many of the locations were too dark anyway or what made them special couldn't be duplicated with a picture alone, like the lonely shrine by the museum (I hear they used to advertise nautical instruments next door).  There were several dark, narrow alleyways with neon signs marking shady bars, sounds from the parade echoing off painted-over brick walls and red and gold flags hanging from the fire escapes.  The ever present phenomenon of spotting other people clutching sets of clues and trying to throw them off the trail was an ongoing pleasure: "meow!" and "Oh! Look across the street!" worked well on several occasions.  My feet hurt like hell when it was all done, but we had a total blast and I'd do it again... a castle with a white bird, indeed!