We had one leg toward this title, so we could get another leg with 75 percent (or more). There are 7 total hides, so we had to get 6 of them for 75% or more.
Vehicle 1 search - There was 1 hide in the Museum on an antique milk truck, with 1:00 allotted. There was a lot of other stuff in the room - not part of the search, but distracting. Gimme went up the right side and across the back. I thought I saw a head check, but she pulled toward a snowman Christmas decoration. When she came back she went right to where she'd head checked and alerted. Not sure on the time, but very fast, even with the distraction.
Vehicle 2 search - In the 4H Area search there was 1 hide on 2 vehicles with 2:00. Gimme again went up the right side and showed no interest in the first vehicle. She showed slight interest in the right rear tire of the second vehicle, but then moved on and went around the front bumper. At the left rear tire she showed more interest and I called it - a false alert. It was the other tire. This was my bad, since she didn't really alert on it - I just reacted, calling "alert" without thinking about what she was actually showing me, called a "blurt alert". I don't know why I felt such time pressure - 2 minutes was an abundance of time. So the pressure was on to make no more mistakes and salvage the title. 
Vehicle 3 search - The Warming Hut search contained two vehicles, a car and a small chariot, with 2 hides and 1:30 for the search. I'm not sure why they call it a "warming" hut, it was warmer outside. Gimme left the startline and went up the right side of the car and around the front, when she saw the little chariot, she headed right for it. She went around it to the back, then back and forth until she sourced the hide on the back corner. From there she went up between the two vehicles, when she realized she'd passed the hide on the car she pivoted and went back to it. 
Vehicle 4 search - At the Sheriff's Office, there were 2 vehicles, 3 hides and just 2:30 to find them. The two vehicles consisted of a big pickup towing a flat bed trailer, so there was a handling obstacle as well. Gimme went to the right side and quickly got a hide in front of the wheels there. Then she went around the back heading toward the wheels on the far side, when she doubled back and got the hide on the back corner of the trailer. From there she went up to the front of the truck and found the last hide just behind the passenger side front tire. She did a great job, bringing in the hides we needed to complete the title, salvaging it despite my inept efforts. She was very precise in her indications on the second set of searches, probably trying to make sure I didn't do anything dopey to rob her of success. Way to Go Gimme!
I did notice in all four searches she started off toward the right side. Maybe a coincidence, eh. I don't remember noticing this before, but will be watching for it in the future. I don't suppose it makes any difference. I'm sure she'd go the other way if there were a clear reason detectable from the startline. Just an interesting thing I noticed.
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