I wasn't sure that I would ever use Swede Hollow for a Mock Hunt because it has kind of a sketchy reputation and indeed some people did express some reservations about hunting there. But there have been other Mock Hunts there and some people do love the park. Still, it wasn't my original plan. My original thought was I wanted to write a clue about Carbones that used a car and bones. So I looked at the Locations page of Carbone's website to see which ones were by parks. It turned out the answer was just one and it was Swede Hollow. So Swede Hollow it was. And then I decided to work Carbone's into the first clue as well. I spent a while getting that one together. Then I went on a binge and wrote clues 2-10 in one day. I finished up clues 11 and 12 the next day. And then when I was all done and happy with the result, I realized I never even used the car + bones clue. But I felt like what I had was already better than that, so I just dropped it, even though it was the reason I ended up in that park to begin with.
And another side note, when I went to the park, I parked on Bates where there is an obscure entrance to the park. There's a trail there that leads to the stairs and I was going to hide it somewhere along there. But there was this old couple slowly climbing the stairs. I didn't want to hide it with them there and I didn't feel like waiting for them, so I went up the stairs to the top part and looked around there. I walked around there looking for places and things to write clues about. I noted the parking lot was gated off which seemed pretty strange. And then I noticed all the leaves along the curb. I did have it in my head as a possible strategy to hide it very near the parking lot as people would probably assume it was further into the park. So then I thought, why not in the parking lot, especially since it is closed off anyway? So I kicked aside some leaves, dropped it, and then covered it up again. And that got us to Clue 10.