Scavenger Hunts with Brad Holley

Brad is a husband, a father of two, and a lifelong resident of the North Dallas area. He’s solely responsible for “Dallas Side Quest”, a cryptic and public outdoor adventure game which was implemented throughout the North Dallas area.

During the weekdays, he’s a senior designer for Randy Angell Designs, one of the pre-eminent luxury outdoor designers in the nation, where he recently won 4th place in the “Million Dollar Pool Challenge” in 2022. These days, he has less free time than ever before, but when he finds some, he enjoys traveling, documentaries, audiobooks, games, bourbon & craft beer, home renovation & carpentry, writing, designing, flying around on (and falling off of) his OneWheel, all things relating to sociology, psychology, history, philosophy and politics, and most importantly, the never-ending pursuit of trying to be a good dad.

When he’s not designing award-winning backyards, spending time with his family, or creating ambitious public games, you can find him supporting and spreading awareness for the pro-LGBTQIA+ organization known as “Kin-dom Community” where he serves on the board of directors. Along with his counterpart, pastor Pepa Paniagua, he’s also the co-host of their live-streamed monthly podcast, “Kin-dom Conversations”. He’s always proud to point out that it’s perhaps one of the only places on the entire internet where you’ll find an atheist and a pastor actually working together to do something positive.

Kin-dom Community was founded by an openly queer pastor in order to create a space for those who have been harmed and rejected by traditional religious institutions. The organization is working diligently to create regular social meetups, offering support to LGBTQIA+ youth and their families, friends and allies, and attempting to create a community (both virtual and IRL) where people from all backgrounds, faiths, orientations and identities can come together and find understanding and compassion. Their greatest accomplishment thus far has been the successful launching of the very first LGBTQIA+ summer camp for kids in the state of Texas (and I believe, only the second in the nation), and they are well on their way to expanding their camp offerings to different age groups in several different areas throughout the nation. It’s not a stretch to say that Kin-dom’s work could very well be saving lives.

To see the entire Dallas Side Quest story which took place from Nov. ’22 – Jan. ’23:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGR2hiBq_R4

Instagram: @dallas_side_quest

Facebook: @dallassidequest

To see some of the work that Brad and the Randy Angell Designs team have created:

www.randyangelldesigns.com

To learn more about Kin-dom Community:

https://kindomcommunity.org/

To find Kin-dom’s archive of podcast content:

https://kindomcommunity.org/video-content

A short list of incredible treasure hunts (some complete, some still ongoing) that are well worth a search on Google and YouTube:

Forrest Fenn’s “The Thrill of the Chase”

Byron Preiss’ “The Secret” (not the self-help book)

Kit Williams’ “Masquerade”

Regis Hauser’s “Golden Owl”

Alex Hirsch’s “Bill Cipher Hunt” (Brad’s personal favorite)