Rally-ed Out!

The rally was fun! There were only 5 teams -- 4 experts and 1 intermediate (us) so we were guaranteed 1st place in class. :-) Of course we expected to come in 5th in that crowd and we did, but not by too too much!

We were in North Jersey in the Sparta area, chasing the Lackawanna Cutoff, the last mainline railroad built in the state. We went through many railroad tunnels (some were as short as a few car lengths) along the route. The rallymistress included a number of sneaky traps (i.e., the ones we fell for) and a few easy ones (the ones we didn't fall for!) to try to trick us into leaving the rally route. (This club's rallies penalize you for the miles you travel that deviate from the miles you should travel along the official route -- not my favorite way to compete.) But it was fun although I had several quibbles with the way some of the route instuctions were supposed to be interpreted, and I was not alone. However, the rallymistress rules so we had to suck it up and put on happy faces.

Overall, I clocked 230 miles round trip and I'm tired. {sigh} I wish there were a rally club closer by!