Saturday PM
VACATION ISLE

Final course statistics and notes will be posted/updated soon after vetting is complete Monday, May 20.

A. Vacation is mostly parky-grassy with scattered trees, with a quarter of it a densely-packed resort with many buildings and roads and paths which you can navigate between the public areas. There will be a route choice possibility of a significant stretch of sandy (beach) running.

B. The Mapping Style caveats apply here too, while not as tricky as Mesa, you have to navigate 2 bridge overpass underpasses, and you must only take mapped paths, roads, and stairs through the resort that's colored mostly olive green (forbidden.) Even if some of it looks like grassy lawns! There's a Special Symbol for Picnic Area that looks like an "up arrow", please go around them if occupied.

C. There's a Superhighway that Bisects the map. Do not cross it. You will use the underpasses on the South and North end of the island to get from one side of the island to the other.

D. What is the Chase? For those participating in the Chase, if you finished 45 seconds after the leader of the Mesa College event, you will start precisely 45 seconds after them in the Chase, and have an opportunity to catch them, but they will get a "head start." Participating in the chase starts is encouraged even if you aren't particularly competitive. It's good practice for orienteering when inevitably you come across someone on the same course as you.

E. Logistics: Start and finish are close to the check-in spot.