RDN Golden Shoe

It’s been another year of the Golden Shoe

With six shoes hidden,

And gone missing – only two!

Five of the six are still out there to find*

Get them before May 25^th

When we draw prizes in kind.

To be entered for the draws,

Visit this getinvolved page.

Or post on your own

With the #goldenshoehunt2023 on your image.

*Shoe #5 at Meadowood Community Park is missing and has not been able to be replaced.

Golden shoe Clue #6

This fine weekend go hunt for the shoe

In this park with waterfalls and lots of stairs too.

Bring your mom for a walk to the ravine

Where the shoe will be sitting, easily seen.

Don’t forget to tag us with the #goldenshoehunt2023 hashtag on social media or visit this site to win prizes and brag!

Oh No! Boo Hoo! What shall we do?

Someone has run away with the Meadowood Shoe!

Please do not fear,

You can still come here,

Take a snap of the playground,

or the broom we did clear!

We'll believe that you saw,

and enter you into the draw,

And in future that gold shoe

will be stuck there like GLUE!

A Playground to climb and a community hall,

The shoe is now hiding in a park with it all!

A large gravel space if you have games to play,

And a firehall next door to help save the day!

Come to this park in search of the shoe,

But also this Sunday to help bash Broom too!

We’ll be weeding out Wildfire, a tough war to wage,

If you want to learn more, please visit this page!

This is the park where everyone goes

To see the market and the “Wild Rose”.

If you go on a Saturday there can be quite a crowd

But it’s a great place where that kind of thing is allowed.

*The market opens in May, so may not be open for the first weekend the shoe is hidden.

This week the shoe’s hidden in a park that’s south.

If you look on the Parks and Trails Finder map in Area A

It’s sure to be down around that way.

This Regional Park has a river in its name

And two entrances from roads that sounds the same.

Park at the Fry, where there’s a pipe nearby.

To the left there used to grow broom across from the pipe

But now that it’s cut it’s not likely to get ripe.

Find the shoe where we will plant some native species in the fall

So that the broom no longer grows tall.

The second shoe of 2023 has been hidden! Find the shoe, take a picture and tell us about it and/or put a pin on the map to be entered into our draw for a prize bundle.

To find the Golden Shoe this week,

you'll have to walk down by the BEACH

Along the trail you will roam,

and through some ivy you must COMB,

This park's name is in this is in this poem,

that's how you'll find the shoe's new home!

If you want to help the fight, against this park's invasive plight, let us know by visiting this site!

April 7 - the first shoe of 2023 has been hidden! Find the shoe, take a picture and tell us about it and/or put a pin on the map to be entered into our draw for a prize bundle.

This community park is named after a "sweet" tree

there are many within to find and see.

The shoe is hid near another large tree that's not so jolly.

Who knew there was all this prickly holly!

Be careful with this invasive species,

‘cause keeping it out of parks ‘aint easy.

If you want to learn some more about invasive species in RDN parks, visit HERE

We are busy planning for the 'Hunt again for 2023. Sign up for updates or check back here on April 7th to see the first clue. We hope to take you to some new parks and to explore some new trails this year!