Grave Hop Road Rally
This is the starting line for the Grave Hop Road Rally. Everyone is welcome to attend, but those people wanting to participate in the Road Rally must arrive at 8:30am and prepare to leave at 0900am. This year we have room for 15 teams of 4 people. Post your will attend here to get on a team. The first 15 complete 4 person teams will be guaranteed a starting spot in the Grave Hop Road Rally. After all 15 teams have been selected, no further teams will be allowed. If you did not get selected for a team, you may still have a chance to participate in case someone cannot attend. If you want to be an alternate, arrive no later than 8:30am to get on the alternate list. The Road Rally will last up to 4 hours, and prepare for a great time.
The Grave Hop Road Rally is not a race. You do not get any extra points for coming back early, but you can lose points for coming back late.
All teams will be given a set of tasks to complete at local cemeteries in the St. Louis County area. Every task folder for the teams is identical. Every team will start at a different task. Some cemeteries have more than 1 task; therefore, more than one team will be at the same cemetery at the same time. Once your team completes your starting task, you are free to do the rest of the tasks in any order you wish. Do not team up with another team at the same task. Go to a different task or wait. The more time you spend at each cemetery increases the chance of another group catching you. There is no rule that says your team cannot return to any cemetery. We do ask that you visit only the cemeteries on the list.
Each team can have a maximum of 4 people and 1 car. No more, but your team can have less. To qualify for a task or bonus point, a picture must be taken with all of the team members in the picture at the same time. If the monument or grave stone is flat on the ground or very high, we will accept 4 different feet and/or hands in the picture. (What we would like is a picture of the task then a selfie with all four if possible, if not two pictures {one of three members then the another pic of the fourth member} So there will be two to three pictures needed for easch task.
Once a task or bonus point picture is taken, mark it off of your master list. Only one of each will be counted. Only 1 digital camera or phone per team can be submitted to the scorer, but you can use a back-up camera or phone just in case. So someone on your team should be selected as the photographer, the driver, the navigator, or the gopher. When the rally is over, the photographer will scan through the pictures for the scorer as tasks and bonus points are checked off. The team with the most points will be the winner.