2014 Grand Tour Theme

[UncleLumpy]

(01-08-2014 05:45 PM)MikeH Wrote:  

(12-23-2013 08:40 PM)UncleLumpy Wrote:  OK, I know it's too early to talk about 2015, but while looking through a list of places in Ohio tonight I thought of a possible GT theme for next year..."Saints or Sinners." Any place name with either "Saint" (or a variation like St. or STE) or "Sin" counts. Lot's of "Saints" but not so many "Sin" locations, so the "Sins" count for 2 points.

Just throwing it out there...:-)

Lumpy

just scrolling through and saw this. I'm making a note to look into this one. Very interesting.

Had another idea while looking for doubled letters. Every year, or at least the couple of years I've been doing GLMC GTs, there is a restriction against using the same city name two or more times. Welllll, what if in 2015 we go the other way? There are a bunch of Greenvilles, Franklins, Clintons, etc. How about a GT where you MUST get multiples of a name where the points escalate based on the number of times you get a single name? For example, let's say a person decides to get all of the 25 Madisons (according to Wikipedia) in the U.S. You'd get 1 point each for the first 5 Madisons you document, 2 points each for the next 5 Madisons you document, and 3 points each for the rest for a total of 60 possible points if you indeed get them all. You MUST visit at least 2 instances of a city to get any points and you must be able to document that you actually visited those cities in different states. This probably means a lot of Post Office photos as there aren't too many places with the city and state name on the sign. Routing would get interesting if one goes after multiple city strands...

Just another idea...

Lumpy