My text got lost in my phone posting today (a site bug) and so I have gone through and updated all of my photos and posts with more text describing the challenges and checkpoints. Go check it out! http://uar2007.  publicpress.org

Winners were just announced. I didn't catch any of the team names, but it should all be posted on their website in the next 2 days.

Three women dressed as girl scouts won the costume prize. There wasn't much competition, but theirs was pretty tight.

Second place was a tie between two teams and first place was a team of very athletic dudes.

I'll post more when there are details on their website, but I had a hard time hearing in the thick of it.

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We finished early enough to get the max time bonus. Yay! It was a fun race, and pretty exhausting. I wish the clues were a bit more challenging (everyone knew exactly where to go), but I think they did a great job for the first year of this race. The challenges were well thought out and the checkpoints were spaced well and had really good transit options. Good job ORA! ...14 more words Click for full details

An inflatable obstable course apparently manufactured to fit larger children was the mystery obstacle at the end of the course. It was awkward, and too small, and almost fun.

We hit Henry's Tavern last on our walk back to the finish line. We had to sink three pool balls in three hits, including the break. Not gonna happen.

We took the streetcar down from NW 23rd and Marshall to NW 13th and Lovejoy and walked to Lizard Lounge.

The Ping Pong challenge was a timed rally. Just keep it on the table. We kept it going for 4 minutes, which was enough for max points but not a bonus. Not my team in the picture by the way, but a team that was reverse-stalkin  g us.

This was while walking through northwest from couch to twenty-third avenue books to wallace. My phone doesn't capture the technicolor vibe these leaves were putting off.

We got the book we needed from 23rd avenue books after calling ahead and having them hold it for us. We debated asking them for the details on page 184 over the phone but determined it to be cheating.

I didn't get a photo of the challenge at couch park, but it was a frisbee long distance toss. We got ...15 more words Click for full details

We took the 17 up to couch park after missing the 77 (reversing our route from Wallace-Booksto  re-Couch to Couch-Bookstore  -Wallace).

The challenge was to do a three person egg toss in a triangle each about 20 feet apart. Each time around was one point. We were great at this one.

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He just drove right by us with our hands waving. Now we are waiting for the 17 to head to Wallace park

post mortem update - I missed taking photos or posting about the Widmer Brewery, which was right before we missed this bus. We got to Widmer by walking up SE 12th to Lloyd Center and catching the Blue Line to Rose Quarter TC. We then had 1 minute to catch the Yellow Line MAX leaving from the other side of the TC and we just barely made it.

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