Day One Comments from Tyler
First a little blog business:
1. If you are new to the blogging thing be sure to notice that the posts are in reverse chronological order. Also, only a few posts show on the opening page. The best thing to do view the blog is to click on the May Archive over on the right and bookmark it in Firefox (shame on you, if you are using Internet Explorer). CLICK HERE for a direct link.
2. I have to moderate each comment before it will show up on the blog. If I don't do this we get spammed a lot. So please keep leaving your comments and we will try to check in and get your comments posted up soon.
As Dave said, our day was fairly uneventful. The challenges (2 today) were tough. One required some quick thinking. The other required quick observation. This rally really isn't a race it is a lot like the Amazing Race TV show except there is no race to the Pit Stop. Points are awarded for being able to do a portion or complete a challenge.
As we left the starting line at about 9:45 we were handed a manila envelope with a $1 bill stapled to it. Opening the envelope we saw there were two challenges. The first one had to be completed by 10:00 am. We were to proceed to a K-Mart that was about 3 miles from the hotel. Once there we were supposed to buy as many different items with that dollar as possible. Seeing how there was very little time we had to think quick...
Dave dropped me off and I made a mad dash into the store.
candy isle.... too expensive
cat food.... $.48 a can SCORE!!!
WAIT!! Ramen noodles $.20 each and three different flavors, beef, shrimp AND chicken DOUBLE SCORE!!!!
There is no tax on food items in NY... TRIPLE SCORE!!!
Crap!!! Time is running out get to the checkout.
Hey look at those 7 different designs of gift cards that can be purchased for ANY amount...
5 CENT GIFT CARDS FOR THE WIN!!!!!
So we head out with 3 packs of 20 cent ramen noodles and 7 gift cards with a value of 5 cents each for a grand total of $.95 cents. Wooohooooooo!
After the security guard at the door checked our receipt, we headed to the car. So with that challenge complete we head out of S.I. Let me tell you, there were about 100 of us running around that K-Mart looking for as many things that they could buy for a dollar. That place was trashed. They are probably still cleaning up the K-Mart on Staten Island.
The second challenge was a "photo challenge". In talking with some of the 2006 BABErally veterans, they have challenges where you have to take pictures of certain things, and then show them to the marshals at the end of the day. Today we were given four sheets of paper that each had four photos on them. You were supposed to take the same picture as we made our journey to H' burg. the problem is that the pictures were mostly of road signs. The pictures were cropped so you could only see a portion of the sign. Then on what was left of the sign several of the symbols, words, or numbers were electronically deleted from the picture. So you had to not only take the picture, it was necessary to figure out what you were supposed to be taking a picture of. To make it even more difficult most of the pictures were on the Jersey Turnpike so you couldn't exactly turn around or stop to take the picture. Dave was driving during this challenge. It was very hard to navigate, look at four pages of pictures that I had taped to the dashboard and keep the tunes rockin' at the same time. We only ended up getting 3 of the 16 pictures.
We chatted with several of the other competitors today. They are from all over the US and we even have a few teams from Great Britain as well (This is obvious when you look at some of the pics below). There is a wide spectrum of people on the rally, but everyone seems to be a car enthusiast and talking about cars is always an easy way to strike up a conversation with someone. It's funny when you get around a large group of car folks. You don't know their name, but you could identify them by what car they drive. I think some of our fellow autocrossers out there know what I am taking about. It's been a fun first Day 1 and Dave is already talking about next year.
Well that is about it for Today. We have a late 10 am start tomorrow and we are heading to Asheville, NC so we should have some more nice scenery driving in the mountains. Hopefully our good luck with the car will continue. As far as mileage goes, we are almost halfway done with our trip (Knoxville - New York - New Orleans - Knoxville) and I am almost half asleep. So I am off to bed!
1. If you are new to the blogging thing be sure to notice that the posts are in reverse chronological order. Also, only a few posts show on the opening page. The best thing to do view the blog is to click on the May Archive over on the right and bookmark it in Firefox (shame on you, if you are using Internet Explorer). CLICK HERE for a direct link.
2. I have to moderate each comment before it will show up on the blog. If I don't do this we get spammed a lot. So please keep leaving your comments and we will try to check in and get your comments posted up soon.
As Dave said, our day was fairly uneventful. The challenges (2 today) were tough. One required some quick thinking. The other required quick observation. This rally really isn't a race it is a lot like the Amazing Race TV show except there is no race to the Pit Stop. Points are awarded for being able to do a portion or complete a challenge.
As we left the starting line at about 9:45 we were handed a manila envelope with a $1 bill stapled to it. Opening the envelope we saw there were two challenges. The first one had to be completed by 10:00 am. We were to proceed to a K-Mart that was about 3 miles from the hotel. Once there we were supposed to buy as many different items with that dollar as possible. Seeing how there was very little time we had to think quick...
Dave dropped me off and I made a mad dash into the store.
candy isle.... too expensive
cat food.... $.48 a can SCORE!!!
WAIT!! Ramen noodles $.20 each and three different flavors, beef, shrimp AND chicken DOUBLE SCORE!!!!
There is no tax on food items in NY... TRIPLE SCORE!!!
Crap!!! Time is running out get to the checkout.
Hey look at those 7 different designs of gift cards that can be purchased for ANY amount...
5 CENT GIFT CARDS FOR THE WIN!!!!!
So we head out with 3 packs of 20 cent ramen noodles and 7 gift cards with a value of 5 cents each for a grand total of $.95 cents. Wooohooooooo!
After the security guard at the door checked our receipt, we headed to the car. So with that challenge complete we head out of S.I. Let me tell you, there were about 100 of us running around that K-Mart looking for as many things that they could buy for a dollar. That place was trashed. They are probably still cleaning up the K-Mart on Staten Island.
The second challenge was a "photo challenge". In talking with some of the 2006 BABErally veterans, they have challenges where you have to take pictures of certain things, and then show them to the marshals at the end of the day. Today we were given four sheets of paper that each had four photos on them. You were supposed to take the same picture as we made our journey to H' burg. the problem is that the pictures were mostly of road signs. The pictures were cropped so you could only see a portion of the sign. Then on what was left of the sign several of the symbols, words, or numbers were electronically deleted from the picture. So you had to not only take the picture, it was necessary to figure out what you were supposed to be taking a picture of. To make it even more difficult most of the pictures were on the Jersey Turnpike so you couldn't exactly turn around or stop to take the picture. Dave was driving during this challenge. It was very hard to navigate, look at four pages of pictures that I had taped to the dashboard and keep the tunes rockin' at the same time. We only ended up getting 3 of the 16 pictures.
We chatted with several of the other competitors today. They are from all over the US and we even have a few teams from Great Britain as well (This is obvious when you look at some of the pics below). There is a wide spectrum of people on the rally, but everyone seems to be a car enthusiast and talking about cars is always an easy way to strike up a conversation with someone. It's funny when you get around a large group of car folks. You don't know their name, but you could identify them by what car they drive. I think some of our fellow autocrossers out there know what I am taking about. It's been a fun first Day 1 and Dave is already talking about next year.
Well that is about it for Today. We have a late 10 am start tomorrow and we are heading to Asheville, NC so we should have some more nice scenery driving in the mountains. Hopefully our good luck with the car will continue. As far as mileage goes, we are almost halfway done with our trip (Knoxville - New York - New Orleans - Knoxville) and I am almost half asleep. So I am off to bed!
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