This riddle gives you examples of "journeys." Your job is to find the rule governing the journeys, or why you end up with a particular destination. I will list 5 examples below. If you figure out the key, please do not give away the solution, but instead, prove that you have figured it out by creating a journey of your own, as well as the Final Destination.

Journey #1:
Start in Denver.
Stay 4 nights.
Fly to Dover.
Fly to Georgia.
Stay 2 nights.
Drive to Raleigh.
Take the train to San Francisco.
Final Destination = Los Angeles

Journey #2:
Start in Delaware.
Stay 4 nights.
Go to Little Rock.
Go to Pensacola.
Go to Hawaii.
Stay there for 3 nights.
Go to New Jersey.
Go to San Diego.
Final Destination = Miami.

Journey #3:
Start in St. Louis.
Stay there for 5 nights.
Go to New Hampshire.
Fly all the way to Singapore.
Final Destination = Phoenix.

Journey #4:
Before you start, your flight is delayed 1 night.
You start in Nebraska.
Then off to Grand Forks.
Stay there for 2 nights.
Travel to Lubbock.
Drive to San Antonio.
Final Destination = Anaheim, CA.

Journey #5:
Start out in Cleveland.
Stay for 1 night.
Go to Richmond.
Go to Denver.
Stay for 3 nights.
Go to New York City.
Stay for 1 night.
Go to Lexington.
Go to Savannah.
Final Destination = St. Louis.

There is something in common in last stops before the final destinations that holds another clue.

Although there are a few final destinations that do not place this particular restriction on the last stop, all of the ones in sarahbeth's examples, and in Sachin's and my solutions do.

Posted by TomM on 2005-03-06 22:30:27