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For those who would like to know how they did.  We hope you enjoyed rallying in scenic Lebanon and Tewksbury townships.  You passed many, many farms.  Except for Leg 1, the different legs of the rallye were named after farms that were seen either on- or off-course.  It did not impact mileage.

 

Leg 1 – From Instruction 1 to Instruction 7     Official mileage:  4.68 miles

 

This is a self-correcting trap.  Instruction 2 directed you to go R FOPP.  In previous Teddy Bear rallyes, we sometimes stated that Route 46 was a forced R out of the Subaru 46 dealership and many times the next instruction was L at SIG (instead of simply L FOPP as directed in instruction 3).  You still have to leave the dealership to start and the only way to do this is a forced R out of the parking lot onto Route 46 West (as you can not go L onto Route 46 East).  After you did your forced R, which does not require an instruction, you should have made your first R opportunity on Harris Lane (which comes up quickly).  You would then have made a L on Sand Shore Road, where you would have encountered a manned on-course Passage Control.  You would then have proceeded straight as possible through the SIG and joined up with the other rallyists looking to execute instruction 4; R at SOL “MISSION RD”.

 

              Penalty:  17 mileage points (under mileage), plus NOT stopping at an on-course Passage Control (200 points)

 

Leg 2 – From Instruction 8 to Instruction 14     Official mileage:  5.48 miles

 

Instruction 13 directed you to go R second OPP after “EAST MILL RD”.  Per the general instructions, this was a sign that was referenced directly (all caps and in quotes), so you needed to find a sign that said this exactly.  The first EAST MILL RD sign that you should have found is an actual street sign, but is mounted on the front of a house that was prior to the shopping mall (see page 2).  The street after this house would be the first on-course OPP.  The second OPP is Old Farmers Rd, which you should have turned on.  You then would have seen the Post Office mailboxes in Photo A.  If you did not see the sign on the house, the next EAST MILL RD sign is on the near side of Old Farmers Rd.  For those off-course, Old Farmers Rd would have been your first OPP, and you would have continued on Route 513 until East Valley Brook Rd, which would have been your second OPP.  If you went past East Valley Brook Rd, you would have seen East Gate Rd, which was too far.  Everyone is then joined up and looking for the at STOP at Fairmount checkpoint.

 

              Penalty:  227 mileage points (over mileage)

 

Leg 3 – From Instruction 15 to Instruction 22     Official mileage:  10.74 miles

 

This is a self-correcting trap.  Instruction 18 directed you to go R FOPP, TTU.  According to the general rules, the rallye is on through, paved, public roads.  Roads other than these do not exist unless the factor that makes them nonexistent is specifically overridden in the route instructions.  In instruction 18, you turned right on Pickle Road, which eventually becomes unpaved.  You were not directed onto Pickle Road by name.  You then continued on Pickle Road where you came to an intersection where the road on the right – Van Pelt Road – is paved.  As Van Pelt Road is paved, this is a forced right turn (earlier, Pickle Road became paved then unpaved, but since there was no intersection, per the general instructions, you had to go S as possible).  If you stayed straight on the unpaved Pickle Road, you would have executed R at STOP onto Route 512 West and joined the others who also made a R at STOP onto Route 512 West.

 

              Penalty:  122 mileage points (over mileage)

 

Leg 4 – From Instruction 23 to Instruction 27     Official mileage:  3.81 miles

 

This is a self-correcting trap.  Instruction 25 directed you to go L after second “SPEED LIMIT 30”.  After you went over the green bridge, you came to an intersection with a “SPEED LIMIT 30” sign directly ahead of you.  There was also one to your right within 90 degrees of sight on Rockaway Rd (see page 2).  Once through the intersection, you would have passed this second “SPEED LIMIT 30” sign and should have looked to make your L onto Lance Rd.  If you did not see or count the SPEED LIMIT 30 sign on your right, you would have continued and eventually made a L onto Halls Mill Road after seeing another SPEED LIMIT 30 sign (you would have passed another SPEED LIMIT 30 sign, but that did not matter).  Everyone would have then made a L on Taylors Mill Road and joined up again to look for the “SOL “TRIMMER RD” checkpoint.

 

              Penalty:  172 mileage points (over mileage)

 

Leg 5 – From Instruction 28 to Instruction 32     Official mileage:  5.61 miles

 

This is a self-correcting trap.  Instruction 30 directed you to go R FOPP.  Meadow Lane is an unpaved road within sight, so it is not a valid OPP and should not have been turned on.  You should have continued past Meadow Land and Alpaugh Farm Road (a dead end) and then turned R at the first OPP, which was Still Hollow Rd.  Everyone would have made a L at STOP on Rockaway Rd and joined up again looking for the “STOP” at STOP checkpoint in the village of Mountainville.

 

              Penalty:  124 mileage points (under mileage)

 

Leg 6 – From Instruction 33 to Instruction 36     Official mileage:  5.48 miles

 

This is a self-correcting trap.  Instruction 34 directed you to R after “GUINEA HOLLOW RD”.  The delta mileage for this instruction was 2.0 miles.  Sutton Rd is the first OPP, but it is only 1.7 miles, not 2.0 miles, therefore you should not have turned onto Sutton Road, but instead gone just a little further and made a R on Route 512.  Everyone would have made a R on Farmersville Rd and joined up again to look for the “STOP” at STOP checkpoint.  As for Photo B, we needed a sixth photo so included this nice sculpture from the West Rutland Art Park in Vermont (https:
//www.westrutlandartpark.com/).

 

              Penalty:  53 mileage points (under mileage)

 

Leg 7 – From Instruction 37 to Instruction 40     Official mileage:  6.97 miles

 

This is a self-correcting trap.  Instruction 38 directed you to L onto Homestead Rd.  As you were directed onto Homestead Rd by name, you should have looked for signs to stay onto Homestead Rd (but might have been reading about the farm).  At the first intersection, you should have turned R to stay onto Homestead Rd.  Those that went straight, ended up on Cold Spring Rd instead and would have seen the scene in Photo C and then made a R at T.  Everyone would have made a L at STOP on Hollow Brook Rd and joined up again to look for the “STOP” at STOP checkpoint.

 

              Penalty:  166 mileage points (under mileage)

 

Leg 8 – From Instruction 41 to Instruction 46     Official mileage:  8.44 miles     ODOMETER LEG

 

This is the official odometer leg.  There were no planned traps in this leg.  SOL Photo D was on-course, and just very cool.

 

Leg 9 – From Instruction 47 to Instruction 54     Official mileage:  7.26 miles

 

After Instruction 53, you were looking for the HTS SOL scene in Photo E.  Instruction 53 directed you to L FOPP after RIP “30”.  The first sign you encounter on Sliker Rd after you had executed Instruction 52, was a sign that just has an arrow and a 30.  This is not RIP, which according to the generals, is only used when a sign is not quoted in its entirety, and is not used because of illustrations on the sign.  Those of you that considered this RIP would have turned L FOPP on Teetertown Rd where you would have seen the HTS SOL Goatland sign in Photo E, then BR at the Y onto Maple Ln, then L at STOP to join the others on Route 513.  Everyone else continued down Sliker Rd where they would have encountered a sign that said “30 M.P.H.” which is RIP “30” (see below).  They would have made the L FOPP onto Route 513, and then everyone would have joined up and pulled off on the shoulder at RIP “BARKMAN” for the checkpoint.  Small mileage; but a different kind of sign.

 

              Penalty:  12 mileage points (over mileage)

 

Leg 10 – From Instruction 55 to Instruction 58     Official mileage:  8.62 miles

 

This is a self-correcting trap.  Instruction 55 directed you to go R at SOL Blue Crest Riding Center, then PU Beacon Light Rd.  You were then looking for the Photo F scene after finishing Instruction 55.  When you PU, you are to go essentially straight onto a named or numbered road at the identifying sign.  Beacon Hill Rd turns into Beacon Light Rd after you see the Photo F scene (there is a street sign on the right at Terrill Rd that lets you know that Beacon Hill Rd is now Beacon Light Rd).  You need to complete instruction 55 before executing the Photo F instruction.  If you did not complete instruction 55 and executed the Photo F instruction of L at STOP onto W. Valley Brook Rd, you would have eventually executed instruction 56; L at STOP (onto Fairmount Rd).  Those that eventually did PU Beacon Light Rd also made a L at STOP (onto Fairmount Rd).  Everyone then joins up and makes a left into the SOL parking lot of the Long Valley Brew Pub.

 

              Penalty:  154 mileage points (under mileage)

 

 Leg 2 – “EAST MILL RD”        Leg 4 – First “SPEED LIMIT 30”                     Leg 9 – RIP “30” (incorrect and correct)

 

                               

 

Total overall official mileage for today’s rallye was 67.09 miles.  As always, the real winners of today’s rally are the recipients of the toys that were donated for the USMC”TOYS FOR TOTS” program.  We hope you enjoyed the event and look forward to seeing you next December for the running of the 25thTeddy Bear Rallye!  Thank you!