Tulip Rallye 2013

Wait Bruce, you guys didn't win? That's new! Ahahah!

Love the pics btw!

Only if one of us does it.  We got -8 as stated before, so if you got any of these correct please PM me and I will correct our answer.  That way curious minds only have to look at this post as it will have the most correct answers.  We ran what was apparently called "Route A" so your answers may be in a different order:

1) Papa Murphy's
2) "b" (Bath Circle, Somerset, England, 1768)
3) "c" (Columbus Circle, New York, 1905)
4) Tiny Tim's Tattoo (Herbert Khaury was Tiny Tim's given name)
5) Foxy Lady Latte
6) Butler Hill Equestrian Center
7) Fish Outlet
8) Belfast (Feed Store)
9) Swede Creek (this clue was out of order- I believe it was on the other side of the railroad tracks)
10) 6:30 pm
11) 23669 (There were two racing horses on top of the mailbox at this address- Elliott caught this one!)
12) we got this wrong- it was apparently some sort of recycling place.  The answer makes no sense, IOHO
13) Wise Acres (small green sign on top of road sign)
14) Penguin (lighted holiday penguin on a gate)
15) Wildwood Forge and Ironworks
16) Willard (street) (1971 movie- Willard is actually the main character and his rats are named Ben and Socrates)
17) Lighthouse (big one as yard art)
18) Union Cemetery
19) we got this one wrong- correct answer is quite literal, they wanted "Tractor" as it is what is on the sign.
20) we got this one wrong
21) we got this one wrong- it may have been out of order on our route.  Apparently the tools in the trees are very obvious.
22) Child's Creek
23) Pineapple
24) Hamilton Gymnasium (name was up at top of old building- hard to see)
25) 98255
26) 36159 (there is a sign for "Camelot on the Skagit) on the fence.
27) 5 is the correct answer (we answered 6- you had to parse the information on the sign correctly)
28) Daylight to 11 am
29) Rock & Chain (or just Rock was acceptable also)
30) 956 (Grange hall number was #957- get it?)
31) Saws on the garage (when we drove by the guy was actually out front sitting on a chair smiling at the rally participants, drawing our attention to his garage)
32) Challenger Ridge Vineyard and Cellars
33) False- it was a store that sold honey
34) Angele Cupples Community Garden (birdhouse on every post in the garden)
35) May 8, 1909 (1909 was acceptable also- it was on every sign and in the factoid on your sheet)
36) Columbia Bank (they took the sign down the day before the rallye- we got this wrong as we put down the Concrete Liquor Store, where this phrase actually appears on a sign in the window)
37) Center of the Known Universe (this appeared on the wall of the Police Station)
38) 6 (5 county signs plus one private sign)
39) Hamilton Boat Launch (hard to see, but this boat launch had an actual name)
40) we got this one wrong- a trailer said "3 Fools Racing" on it and that's what we put down.  There were apparently three names on the trailer under that.  Not getting those names was sloppy on our part, as "3 Fools Racing" doesn't actually answer the question correctly.
41) 33746
42) Slot Machines (Cash Lost In Em)
43) T
44) b (20%)
45) Bush and Adams
46) Jaguar (there was a Black Jaguar E-Type sitting sort of under a tarp at the end of a blue house- we had to go back for this one as it was hard to see if you are traveling too fast)
47) 7
48) Good Luck! (Elliott caught this one as it was right at the corner of Fruitdale and River and we were too busy with directions)
49) Skagit Baptist Church
50) State Street Deli (only possible answer to have "sandwich" on the sign)
51) No (sign says it's closed all day on Sunday)
52) Good Food, Lousy Service
53) Northwest Tinman Auto Paint and Body (answer without "Northwest" was acceptable also)
54) Soroptomists Sedro Wooley
55) d (56%)
56) T
57) Carport (we answered "garage walls" which wasn't correct enough)
58) Salem Lutheran Church
59) Advance America

There's our answers.  Read and review so you can think like a rallyemaster next time!

Bruce



Edited by valvashon - April/21/13 at 10:50am

Awesome pics Genie!

I had a near hard luck story. My tranny started to slip right after pulling out of the mall in the beginning of the rallye. I was flooring it and my rpm's and speed went no where for a few minutes.....even after putting into SD mode....eventually it caught up! Definitely nerve wrecking.

Paul! wrote: Great pics, thanks for sharing! You even got one of me on the move! (Don't know what I was doing so far over to the left though... ) BTW, did anyone happen to get a shot of the 'tool' tree? -Paul

Yes, sadly from my past experiences with Seattle MINI service they will not be able to help me until the transmission is blown. My warranty, luckily, covers the tranny so to repair should only be $100 for me,  but they can't tear it open without significant proof/cause which I know that one incident will not be stored in the computer :(

Thanks for posting the answers.

Spider Driver wrote: I really admire your club's enthusiasm and I am seriously considering buying a MINI and joining!

There are a lot of great cars out there but MINIs come with great friends. Being MINI is as much about the car as it is about the community and we'd love to have you. Maybe we should let you join us in the Fiat? Of course we'd end the Rally at MINI so you could trade the Fiat in.    j/k... come out any time Spider Driver.