The Original Tim's

Submitted by: Dani

The Quest: Take a pilgrimage to the Canadian Coffee Shrine

The Challenge: Find the first Tim Hortons Store and drink deep

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to go to, get your picture taken in, and buy a beverage from Tim Hortons store #1 here in Hamilton. Bonus points if we get to visit with you.

Zora's note: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!!! Anyone who has ever been within any distance of Canada or the Canadian border with me knows that I am obsessed and pine after Tim's when I am away. This is the best.

Wombat's Ruling: Man, this is just way too easy - she was probably going to do it anyway! Let's call it 300 exp, 1.5 hours charity. 

Update 08/31/2018: We made it! A couple of weeks ago we spent one night in a parking lot in Hamilton. During the <24 hours we spent crossing Ontario we jumped on the brief opportunity to spend a ton of money at Tim's, including the pilgrimage to store #1. It was actually pretty neat, there is a little museum upstairs :)

Wombat’s Judgement: Freakin Canadians… Full points.

Our waistlines will Morph Carolina

Submitted by: Fuzzy Bear

The Quest: The Vanquishing of the Appetites

The Challenge: Good Eating in NC

Since you're swinging through North Carolina, you might as well do so on a full stomach. A really full stomach. Your challenge is to hit up some of the best places to eat along your route. They are: Bull City Burger and Brewery (Durham, NC), Backyard BBQ Pit (Durham, NC), Wimpy's Grill (Durham, NC), Crafted (Greensboro, NC) extra points there if you can suss out the new location without using their website to cheat, 5Church (Charlotte, NC, and SkyBAR (Asheville, NC). Prove you made it to each location by sharing photos, or dirty napkins. Your choice.

Zora's Note: Our friends are clearly trying to sabotage our arteries...Challenge accepted!!

Wombat's Ruling: I'm getting jealous just thinking about this! To earn any experience, you need to give us a review of your favorite restaurant in NC once you leave. It can be a blog post or a video. Answer the question "If I can only go to one restaurant in all of NC, which should it be, and why?"

Including the video, this is < 1 day, Easy "Sweat Factor", so 400 exp, 3 hours charity. 

Dad's Fave Philly

Submitted by: Bromogida

The Quest: The Conquest of the Bovine 

The Challenge: Ro's dad challenges you to go to White House in Atlantic City, and order a "Whopper". Get some laughs then have the best Philly Cheese Steak dad has ever had. Post a picture to commemorate the moment.

Tristan's Note: We will starve ourselves in preparation, because I'm pretty sure that something called  a "Whopper" is not going to be small.

Challenge Accepted!

Wombat's Ruling: You guys are so lucky. This is 100 exp, 1 hr charity (<1 hr, Trivial "Sweat Factor" - all you have to do is have lunch!). 

Eat-a-thon

Submitted by: Laura Louis

The Quest: The Feast of Unrivalled Gut Distention

The Challenge: Complete or attempt every eating/ food contest you come across ....... eg eating 1 tonne of hot wings and you don’t have to pay!!!!

Tristan's Note: I am not going to do this, because I will ruin about 20% of all my days (Do you know how many places in the US have an eating challenge!?) HOWEVER, I will attempt the first eating challenge that there is at a place where we stop for food, AND for every subsequent place where I pass on attempting a challenge I will donate time.

Challenge (kind of) accepted!!!

Wombat's Ruling: This is a pretty easy/fun one, but let's have mercy on poor Tristan's stomach (he's not used to good, healthsome US food). We'll call it 1-4 hours (to include the time he spends recovering), and Easy "Sweat Factor", for 300 exp, 2 hours of charity.