The Visits List (v2005)

Here's the Visits List from 2005 (draft version) to give first-timers and visitors a glimpse into what make the Island Pond Road Rally click...

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The following lists are collectively known as The Visits List. The Mandatory Visits must be completed before your team will be considered finished with the Rally. Any of the Mandatory Visits not completed will carry a 30-minute penalty when your Bonus Time is calculated.

The Optional Visits include towns and places you may choose to visit depending on the physical location and mental state of your Rally Team. Optional Visits carry a Time Bonus, which will be deducted from your Overall Elapsed Time if verified in accordance with the Rally Rules. The Visits List is intentionally arranged in somewhat random order.

Note: Your Rubber Duck must be in every photo you take for the Road Rally.

Mandatory Visits:

1. Pick up a free gun lock at the Wilton Police Station (Wilton, NH).

2. Take a photo of one of your team members being measured for the “proper draw length” inside Morse’s Sporting Goods store. Be sure to congratulate Bonnie and/or Walter Morse on their being named 2004 Citizens of the Year in Hillsborough. (Contoocook Falls Road - Hillsborough, NH)

3. Find and take a photo of a headstone for someone in the Vose family (a Storer ancestor) (Old Cemetery - Washington, NH).

4. Take a photo of a team member enjoying a shot of tequila with a stranger at Sunset Lanes and Lounge (John Stark Highway – Newport, NH) Note: Opens at 4pm.

5. Visit the Harpoon Brewery in Windsor, VT and take a photo of a team member enjoying a pint of beer next to the bottling line. Note: Closes at 8pm (Ruth Carney Drive, Windsor, VT)

6. Tonight is “Zodiac Night” at the Fairbanks Museum and Planetarium in St. Johnsbury, VT. What zodiac sign is featured this evening? ( Main Street - St. Johnsbury, VT)

7. Visit Pete & Gerry’s Organic Eggs in Monroe, NH and bring in one of six eggs signed by Pete & Gerry (Buffum Road ,Monroe, NH). Note: Please take only one egg and leave the others for the other rally teams. If there’s only one egg left when you arrive, please bring the basket too.

Optional Visits:

1. Pick up a building permit application at the Community Development Office (Peterborough, NH). (50 minute bonus)

2. Pick up a copy of the Greenfield Spirit newspaper (Greenfield, NH). (40 minute bonus)

3. A photo of your team members with at least one stranger in the pro shop at the John C. Cain Golf Course (E Unity Rd – Newport, NH). (40 minute bonus)

4. When was Miller State Park in Peterborough created? (15 minute bonus)

5. Take a photo of a team member at the ticket window at Ascutney Mountain Resort (Brownsville, VT).

6. Get a playbill for “Beauty and the Beast”, now showing at the New London Barn Theater (New London ,NH)

7. Collect a copy of the menu from the Parker House Inn and Restaurant (Quechee, VT)

8. Vermont’s only national park is located in Woodstock, VT. Take a photo of a team member in front of it.

9. Bragg Farm Sugar House and Gift Shop (E. Montpelier, VT)

10. Take a photo of a team member with on of the Alden Country Innkeepers - Frank, Darlene or Matthew Godoy (on the common, Lyme, NH)

11. Take a photo of your team in front of the sign for Camp Walt Whitman (Cape Moonshine Rd, Piermont, NH) (50 minute bonus)

12. Visit the Haverhill-Bath Covered Bridge, one of the oldest in the United States, and determine when it was built. (Haverhill, NH)

13. Take a photo of a team member doing a shot of tequila with a stranger at the bar at Molly’s Restaurant and Bar (Main St, Hanover, NH).

P.S. Don’t forget to get the rubber duck in your photos.