The Amazing Race East Coast Trip!
STARTING LINE: The Algonquin Resort St. Andrews by-the-Sea - St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada
Leg 1 (New Brunswick -> Maine) | Maine coast leg
* Quoddy Head State Park
* Mount Desert Island (Lobster trapping/Launching a boat from a hitch platform without a ramp Detour)
* Swim out to a traditional Maine sailing vessel called a windjammer in Rockland, Maine
* Bath Iron Works (Shipbuilding RB)
* Time and Temperature Building rooftop - Portland (Pit Stop)
Leg 2 (Maine -> Massachusetts) | Massachusetts quintessential leg
* AmTrak Downeaster to Boston North Station
* Local home improvement/garden warehouse to pick up supplies
* Fenway Garden Society (Herb and tree planting RI, "sprucing up the community")
* Plimoth Plantation (Thanksgiving arrangement RB)
* Ferry from Woods Hole Terminal to Martha's Vineyard
* Flying Horses Carousel to split off into Detour (Chilmark Pottery/Island Alpaca)
* Aquinnah Cliffs Overlook (Pit Stop)
Leg 3 (Massachusetts -> New York -> New Jersey) | elite vs. blue collar work leg
* Flight to NYC into LaGuardia or JFK
* Taxi to Christie's Auction House (bidding for next clue battle, teams wait 10 min to outbid other teams and "attendees" for each clue)
* Edison ParkFast - Manhattan (retrieve car from automated parking system)
* Port Newark Container Terminal - Elizabeth, NJ (Shipping truck delivery to International Cargo & inside cargo "puzzle" RB)
* McIntyre's Lawnmower & Locksmith Shop - Westfield, NJ (ask for keys on wall to unlock 1 of 9 compartments holding their clue)
* Princeton U Detour ("Athletics" at DeNunzio Pool - 2 vs 6 water polo/"Studies" at Frick Chemistry Lab - science experiment <5% error)
* run to Maclean House, the alumni association office on the campus (Pit Stop)
Leg 4 (New Jersey -> Pennsylvania) | eclectic leg
* Drive to Battleship New Jersey (Nautical flag decoding for next clue)
* Boathouse Row - Philadelphia (search for clue among the 10 boating clubs)
** Geno's Steaks - Philly (Philly cheesesteak intensive line order FF)
* Don's Auto Repair or Platform Thirty at Beat Street Station (Fixing Italian vehicles from mechanic book/Bar Mitzvah chair-raising DT)
* FDR Skatepark (Skateboarding around park and course RB)
* Parque at Hunting Hill Mansion, Ridley Creek State Park (Pit Stop)
Leg 5 (Pennsylvania -> Washington D.C. -> Virginia) | historic/public relations leg
* Ford's Theater
* Visit to a foreign consulate's office
* Quantico MCAF (Pit Stop)
Leg 6 (Virginia -> West Virginia) | en route to W. Virginia leg
* Monticello visit
* Deer Creek Farm (hay bales RB again
AKA I ran out of ideas + Pit Stop)
Leg 7 (West Virginia -> North Carolina) | North Carolinean culture leg
* Flight from Yeager Airport in Charleston to Charlotte, NC
* NASCAR Hall of Fame
* Original Krispy Kreme in Winston-Salem
* Reed Gold Mine (Panning for gold/mining contraption DIY Detour)
* Charlotte Motor Speedway (race around obstacle course on tracks prior to arriving on Pit Stop)
Leg 8 (North Carolina -> South Carolina) | en route to Myrtle Beach
* Litchfield by the Sea Beach (Pit Stop)
Leg 9 (South Carolina -> Georgia (& Tennessee)) | Atlanta and beyond
* Flight from Myrtle Beach Int'l Airport to Atlanta
** Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, TN (Hang gliding FF) Helicopter ride to Pit Stop
* Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Hazmat suit-required simulation)
* Busy Bee Cafe (Chitlins preparation and eating challenge RB)
* Stone Mountain Park (Pit Stop)
Leg 10 (Georgia -> Florida) | Various districts & beach life
* Flight from Jackson-Hartfield Int'l Airport to Miami Int'l Airport
* Perez Art Museum to disperse for (South Beach sandcastle building/Little Havana mural art Detour)
* Ride Big Thunder at Rapids Water Park - Riviera Beach (Route Info)
* Everglades National Park (Pit Stop)
Leg 11 (Florida) | The Keys
* Key Largo (Jules Undersea Lodge)
* Isla Morada (Rain Barrel Sculpture Gallery)
* Grassy Key (Dolphin Research Center)
* Marathon (Florida Keys/Marathon International Airport)
* Big Pine Key (Big Pine Key Fishing Lodge)
* Sugarloaf Key (Bridge Jump site)
* Key West (Southernmost Point of US)
* Key West (Ernest Hemingway House)
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Key West (Fort Jefferson) (final task and
FINISH LINE)