User blog:TurbulentlyApathetic/Fanmade Race Route

Leg 1 (United States → New Zealand)
For the race's very first Roadblock teams were asked, "Who's jaded?". This Roadblock required one team member to correctly classify twelve pieces of carved greenstone in the four categories of greenstone traditonally used by the Māori to receive their next clue. In the first Detour of the race, teams had a choice between Hobbits or Giants. In Hobbits, teams had to go to the Lord of the Rings Anduin River View Point 12 kilometres (7 mi) away and use a map of New Zealand labeling Lord of the Rings filming locations to correctly match up nine real life locations with fictional locations on a map of Middle Earth located further along the road and receive their next clue . In Giants, teams had to go to the Te Anau Rugby Club 1 kilometer (0.6 mi) away and score a try against a team of professional players in touch rugby.
 * Paradise, Washington, United States  (Sluiskin Falls) (Starting Point)
 * Seattle (Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) to Queenstown, New Zealand  (Queenstown Airport)
 * Paradise, New Zealand (Dart River)
 * Paradise (Dart River) to Glenorchy (Glenorchy Airport)
 * Fiordland National Park (Lake Quill)
 * Milford Sound (Milford Sound Airport)
 * Te Anau (Takahe Statue)
 * Manapouri (Lord of The Rings Anduin River View Point) or Te Anau (Te Anau Rugby Club)
 * Manapouri (Murrell Avenue)

Additional tasks
 * At the starting line at Sluiskin Falls, teams had to search through a pile of national flags for flags that match the nations from the list of countries with towns named Paradise given to teams by Phil (Australia, Canada, Grenada, New Zealand, Suriname, United Kingdom and United States). Once they retrieved the flags, teams would then have to sequence them by alphabetical order of the nations' capitals to receive their first clue and a ticket on one of two flights to Queenstown, New Zealand. The first flight connected through San Francisco and Auckland carrying the first four teams and the second flight connected through Honolulu and Brisbane carrying the last eight teams, arriving an hour and fifty-five minutes later.
 * At the Dart River teams had to take a number from one to twelve to secure their place in line. Once it was their turn they would be taken on a jet boat down the Dart River into Lake Wakatipu where both team members would have to successfully manoeuvre through a training course. If the team was successful they would be taken on the jetboat to Glenorchy Airport and given their next clue. If not, they would be taken to the back of the line of the teams waiting to attempt the course before trying again.
 * At Glenorchy Airport teams would have to take a number between one and twelve to secure their charter flight
 * At Milford Sound Airport teams would have to find one of the marked cars which they must use to find the Takahe Statue where they will encounter their next clue.
 * After the Detour, teams had to travel to the the Westernmost street in the Westernmost town in New Zealand for the Pit Stop