July 28, 2001:  YABA Treasure Hunt 2001 (YABA3)

Game Summary:
Technically, this was not really a full-scale game, but it qualifies in nature and spirit.  This one was entirely on foot and in the city of San Francisco, and we were only allowed a little over 6 hours to complete the 17 clues.  Each clue led us to a license plate whose numbers and letters were recorded to prove we had been there.  As it turned out, we did quite well this time- not only did our team eat far more bagels than any of the other team before we starting, but we were even convinced we had won until the final results were announced at the party.  The problem was, one of the license plates we found was left over from a previous year, and we wrote it down (incorrectly) as one of the solutions for this year.  Too bad, too, because we may have kept looking during the 30 minutes we had left over at the end and pulled out the victory.  We were happy with our marked improvement though, and we had a great time in the process once again.

Team Members:  Rich Bragg (captain), Chris Cheng, Robert Cheng, Dave Fisher, Mike Holzbaur, Kate Saul, Nathan Whiteside
Start Time:  Saturday, July 28, 11:00 AM
Finish Time:  Saturday, July 28, 5:29:54 PM (6:29:54 hours elapsed)
Score:  16.0 (max 17.5)
Clues:  Solved 15 of 17 clues  (one was the wrong license plate - see above, the other was the bonus clue that we walked right by at the finish line!)
Awards:  Most Clues Solved First (4), 5th Place- Regular Division
Result5th out of 41 teams, Regular Division