About the Hunt
So, what is a Javelina Hunt? Do we really run around with sharp weapons and hunt pig-like animals under the cover of darkness? Do we wear clothing that blends in with the landscape so we can make our surprise attack? Do we mount piggish heads on our living room walls and boast of our hunting skills over a bottle of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer?
Hardly. The Javelina Hunt started back in 2007 in Tombstone, Arizona. Three online journalists got together over hashbrowns and eggs one morning and decided to put together a conference for online journalists that would be fun, informative, fun, special, welcoming, and fun. Did I say fun?
The first official Javelina Hunt was held in Tombstone in 2008. Due to the economy and some really strange turns of events, the numbers were small but mighty. We held seminars in one of the historic landmark buildings in downtown Tombstone, we shopped, we ate, we laughed, we went to listen to karaoke, and we lit our giant puffies and ran around the streets in search of javelinas. None were seen, but the fun was going full-throttle.
For your viewing pleasure…..a bag of giant puffies.
Imagine them on fire. Imagine them on fire here, in downtown Tombstone.
You can obviously see the potential for fun, yes?
We are scheduled to play kelp horns on the beach too. Basically, you cut off a piece of kelp and trumpet it like a real horn. Most of the sounds are rather elephantine, but every now and then, someone makes real music. Here is a picture of a guy playing a kelp horn with a child who seems to be wanting him to stop! Stop it, Daddy!
The purpose of playing a kelp horn is to conjure up a mermaid or a merman or some sort of Neptunian creature of the deep. If we fail in this quest, we can also pose for pictures and make it look like something came of our efforts.
Hunting For Fun in San Diego 
woot!
Yeah!
HEY! I’ve been there!
And the date will be… October 15-18th! Woot!
I would be especially interested in the conjuring up of mermen with very large tridents (if you and the kelphorn orchestra could possibly arrange it). Love, R xxx
I think that date throws us out of the running. We have to base our trip timing on when there is a payroll, and I think only one of us gets paid that particular week.