We apologize for the lack of photographs, but sudden plan shifts meant we had no photographer. Consider this praxis a teaser for more photos.

Darkaardvark: I arrived along with Rao at the starting line without too much time to spare, only to find that helpimabear had to cancel at the last minute, and so we'd be a 3-man team. That was fine, because Team Think McSpyfast doesn't just think fast, they spy fast.

Highlights:

-The initial challenge to determine who got to see the first puzzle first was to make a contraption to launch a scrabble tile the farthest. We came in second, despite not getting a rubber band that all the other teams got. Take that!

-JJason's continual need to make sure the 'bribes' for hints were actually bribes--he would walk over to whoever was running the checkpoint, 'accidentally' drop some money... well, you get the picture.

-Continually giving in to get first hints, then discovering the inevitable: That they told us what we knew immediately upon seeing the puzzle. Much cursing and fist-shaking ensued.

-About mid-way through, being informed that we were the first to get to the puzzle, and enjoying a seemingly healthy lead for the next several puzzles up to the final pzuzle.

-Spending our walks between puzzles pondering just what the hell the possible connections between code words could be ("Are we supposed to kill Dr. Kaiju with out purple badger scissors?")