i avoided the chasers by going to the north side of coit tower

after waiting a couple minutes, jason arrived ... we then walked to the second checkpoint

at checkpoint 2, we met up with leslie and yellow rose and then went to catch the bus to the next checkpoint

after waiting a very long time, and realizing that we could have walked there by then, we questioned if the bus was even in service ... yellow rose decided to go home and the rest of us pressed on, choosing to move to a different bus line (that would surely be in service), we caught a bus and started moving along the route again

we got to checkpoint 3 and everyone was bewildered by the questions about the morton salt girl, after we figured that we had missed her (and it not be a complex puzzle), we then had the manager sign off that checkpoint

at this point we knew we were behind schedule and there was little we could do about it ... the transit options were not appealing at this point and we walked to checkpoint 4

we arrived to find that the agents had just left, we had the waitress sign our checkpoint and we went to wait for the bus ... after a while, we decided to walk to the next one, so that we were at least moving along the route

at this point, the bus appeared and we had to hail it down ... it was packed so full that we were forced to push our way in from the back, trying to get off of the stairs so that the bus would move proved to be quite a chalenge

after arriving at checkpoint 5 and seeing the lack of movement, we quickly turned our attention toward food as it was nearing midnight ... around the corner, we found a store where we had our checkpoint signed by the clerk

we then went toward the bus stop, expecting it to be late again ... we were nearly kitty corner when it went past on time

with the next bus a few minutes away, we decided to walk to checkpoint 6 ... when we got there, a wooded area with no sign of life, i yelled "charlies in the trees" and got no response

after concluding we were really late, and that we needed to go that way instead of this way, a stranger walked past ... as we were starting to walk away, a lightbulb turned on and we asked him to sign the checkpoint

at this point we walked to the marina, meeting up with lowteck as he was leaving ... we then took a breather and were greeted by sean and ian, who marked our time in a semi official manner

we walked about 7 miles when it was all said and done