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TAR Wishlist - locations, routes, twists, teams, tasks & dreams!**NO SPOILERS**
NELs:
--- Quote from: ottocrap on February 27, 2020, 12:44:27 AM ---1.
San Diego, USA -- Rarotonga, Cook Islands
2.
Rarotonga, Cook Islands -- Auckland, New Zealand
3.
Continue Travelling -- Christchurch, New Zealand
4.
Christchurch, NZ -- Almaty, Kazakhstan
5.
Almaty, Kazakhstan -- Riga, Latvia
6.
Riga Latvia -- Copenhagen, Denmark
7.
Copenhagen, Denmark -- Kigali, Rwanda
8.
Continue Travelling -- Gikongoro, Rwanda
9.
Gikongoro, Rwanda -- Capetown, South Africa
10.
Capetown, South Africa -- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
11.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- Quito, Ecuador
12.
Quito, Ecuador -- Portland, USA
Much prefer a route along the lines of this.
Is anyone else hoping for a Almaty/Riga combo?
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Which Portland?
RachelLeVega:
In relation to the recent news, I thought I would create a Family Edition-style route that touches the States not (currently) being affected by the outbreak. Let's get controversial.
STARTING LINE: National Capitol Columns at the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C.
Leg 1 (Washington, D.C. -> Virginia) | self-drive to Chesapeake Bay region
*Deep Creek Lock Park boat lockmastering Roadblock
Pit Stop: Dismal Swamp Canal Trail (skateboarding to a certain point)
Leg 2 (Virginia -> Kentucky) | flight to Louisville
*Churchill Downs human steeplechasing on a muddy course
*Kentucky Speedway "installing racecar stickers in a certain tesselation" Roadblock
Pit Stop: Kentucky Speedway (driving the racecar through a maze in the right order to get to the mat)
Leg 3 (Kentucky -> Minnesota) | flight from Cincinnati/Northern KY Int'l Airport to Minneapolis
*FAST FORWARD: 20 minutes just standing in Orfield Laboratories' anechoic chamber
*Spoonbridge and Cherry
*Walker Art Center "Internet Cat Video Festival" + animal shelter collaboration Roadblock
*Tandem biking across Stone Bridge Arch
*Hideaway Dinkytown for hookah glassblowing, one side of Detour
Pit Stop: Turnblad Mansion at American Swedish Institute
Leg 4 (Minnesota) | self-drive to Duluth
*Bakken Museum electricity experiment route info
*Aerial Lift Bridge never-before-done heights Roadblock
Pit Stop: Glensheen Estate facing Lake Superior
Leg 5 (Minnesota -> South Dakota -> Wyoming) | flight to Rapid City, visiting the Badlands
*Mount Rushmore drive-through
Pit Stop: Thunder Basin National Grassland (driving to a certain point, potentially lost)
Leg 6 (Wyoming) | self-drive out of prairie to Yellowstone National Park, possible double-episode Leg
*Road-trip themed tasks while driving a camper van
Pit Stop: Old Faithful Geyser
Leg 7 (Wyoming -> Montana -> Missouri -> Arkansas) | flight to Springfield
Pit Stop: Christ of the Ozarks in Eureka Springs
Leg 8 (Arkansas) | self-drive to Fayetteville, college-themed Leg
Pit Stop: Bud Walton Arena on University of Arkansas
Leg 9 (Arkansas -> Louisiana) | flight to New Orleans
Pit Stop: Oak Alley Plantation
Leg 10 (Louisiana -> New Mexico) | self-drive to Albuquerque, rural and historic connotations
Pit Stop: San Estevan del Rey Mission Church in Acoma Pueblo
Leg 11 (New Mexico -> Colorado) | flight to Denver
*Royal Gorge Bridge bungee jumping
*Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs
FINISH LINE: Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs
Declive:
Leg 1: Miami, US > Quito, Equador
Leg 2: Quito, Equador > Montevideo, Uruguay
Leg 3: Piriápolis, Uruguay
Leg 4: Piriápolis, Uruguay > Zurich, Switzerland
Leg 5: Wintherthur, Switzerland
Leg 6: Wintherthur, Switzerland > Podgorica, Montenegro
Leg 7: Podgorica, Montenegro > Kathmandu, Nepal
Leg 8: Patan, Nepal
Leg 9: Patan, Nepal > Singapore, Singapore
Leg 10: Singapore, Singapore > Medan, Indonesia
Leg 11: Binjai, Indonesia
Leg 12: Binjai, Indonesia > Los Angeles, US
US > Equador > Uruguay > Switzerland > Montenegro > Nepal > Singapore > Indonesia > US
NELs:
I wish we had another US-centric route, because there is so much more that can be explored than what finale legs give us. A regular finale leg usually sticks to the bigger cities, and are usually underwhelming. One of my favorite things about Family Edition is that we got to see what was in the US itself, than just going to a big city for the final leg. When will the US version of the show go to a place like Old Faithful again? We've seen what other countries have to offer multiple times, why not show what the US has to offer outside of the big cities. In 31 seasons only half the states have been visited, and some of the states that have been visited haven't gotten visited in 10+ seasons (Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts).
NELs:
--- Quote from: RachelLeVega on March 05, 2020, 09:16:30 PM ---In relation to the recent news, I thought I would create a Family Edition-style route that touches the States not (currently) being affected by the outbreak. Let's get controversial.
STARTING LINE: National Capitol Columns at the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C.
Leg 1 (Washington, D.C. -> Virginia) | self-drive to Chesapeake Bay region
*Deep Creek Lock Park boat lockmastering Roadblock
Pit Stop: Dismal Swamp Canal Trail (skateboarding to a certain point)
Leg 2 (Virginia -> Kentucky) | flight to Louisville
*Churchill Downs human steeplechasing on a muddy course
*Kentucky Speedway "installing racecar stickers in a certain tesselation" Roadblock
Pit Stop: Kentucky Speedway (driving the racecar through a maze in the right order to get to the mat)
Leg 3 (Kentucky -> Minnesota) | flight from Cincinnati/Northern KY Int'l Airport to Minneapolis
*FAST FORWARD: 20 minutes just standing in Orfield Laboratories' anechoic chamber
*Spoonbridge and Cherry
*Walker Art Center "Internet Cat Video Festival" + animal shelter collaboration Roadblock
*Tandem biking across Stone Bridge Arch
*Hideaway Dinkytown for hookah glassblowing, one side of Detour
Pit Stop: Turnblad Mansion at American Swedish Institute
Leg 4 (Minnesota) | self-drive to Duluth
*Bakken Museum electricity experiment route info
*Aerial Lift Bridge never-before-done heights Roadblock
Pit Stop: Glensheen Estate facing Lake Superior
Leg 5 (Minnesota -> South Dakota -> Wyoming) | flight to Rapid City, visiting the Badlands
*Mount Rushmore drive-through
Pit Stop: Thunder Basin National Grassland (driving to a certain point, potentially lost)
Leg 6 (Wyoming) | self-drive out of prairie to Yellowstone National Park, possible double-episode Leg
*Road-trip themed tasks while driving a camper van
Pit Stop: Old Faithful Geyser
Leg 7 (Wyoming -> Montana -> Missouri -> Arkansas) | flight to Springfield
Pit Stop: Christ of the Ozarks in Eureka Springs
Leg 8 (Arkansas) | self-drive to Fayetteville, college-themed Leg
Pit Stop: Bud Walton Arena on University of Arkansas
Leg 9 (Arkansas -> Louisiana) | flight to New Orleans
Pit Stop: Oak Alley Plantation
Leg 10 (Louisiana -> New Mexico) | self-drive to Albuquerque, rural and historic connotations
Pit Stop: San Estevan del Rey Mission Church in Acoma Pueblo
Leg 11 (New Mexico -> Colorado) | flight to Denver
*Royal Gorge Bridge bungee jumping
*Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs
FINISH LINE: Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs
--- End quote ---
This is a great route. Personally, I'd make part of at least one or two legs focus on US history. For example, the first Arkansas Pit Stop could be Central High School in Little Rock.
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