From KC to SF: Answer Key

Phew. Thanks to a few intrepid Internet sleuths, I've been able to retrace my steps over the last week. Glad to know what a week I had!

Think you've solved the puzzle yourself? Alrighty then: here's the reconstructed answer key, shown in descending order of Instagram post (most recent post is "Post #1" and so on). The answers describe the location of the image and the state itself, along with any other pertinent info. 

My thanks to all the travelers for putting together the pieces of my journey -- and for everyone who joined in on the hunt. Happy travels!


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Key:

Post #1: Outside Tarantino's Restaurant, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California

Post #2: Road Sign, Grand Island, Nebraska

Post #3: Starlite Motel, Seneca, Kansas

Post #4: Tree of Utah, Road landmark near Utah Salt Flats

Post #5: Round Table Pizza, San Francisco, California

Post #6: Skyline of Kansas City, Missouri

Post #7: National World War I Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri

Post #8: Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California

Post #9: Bonneville Salt Flats, Western Utah

Post #10: Water Tower, York, Nebraska

Post #11: Opera House Restaurant and City Market, Kansas City, Missouri

Post #12: Green Lady Lounge and Black Dolphin Clubs, Kansas City, Missouri

Post #13: Agricultural Inspection Checkpoint, Entrance of California

Post #14: National Pony Express Monument, Sidney, Nebraska

Post #15: Eastern Utah at Sunset -- I-80 Outside Salt Lake City

Post #16: Vesuvio Cafe, San Francisco, California

Post #17: Eadweard Muybridge Statue, Lucasfilm Campus at the Presidio, San Francisco, California

Post #18: Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco, California

Post #19: Speed Limit 80 and Cheyenne Welcome Sign, Wyoming

Post #20: El Dorado and Circus Circus Casinos, Reno, Nevada

Post #21: Lake Tahoe Sign, Tahoe, California

Post #22: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

Post #23: Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Q, Kansas City, Kansas

Post #24: Model of Disneyland, Walt Disney Family Museum, San Francisco, California

Post #25: Yoda Fountain and Statue, Lucasfilm Campus at the Presidio, San Francisco, California

Post #26: Fork in the Road on I-80 near Salt Lake City Airport

Post #27: The College Basketball Experience and Hall of Fame, Kansas City, Missouri

Post #28: War Memorial Stadium, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

Post #29: "You Are Nowhere" and Bomgaars Signs, Sidney, Nebraska

Post #30: Motel Capri, Cow Hollow Neighborhood, San Francisco, California

Post #31: Gem Theatre Marquee, Kansas City, Missouri

Post #32: Red Desert, Wyoming

Post #33: University of Nevada at Reno Campus


Putting it all together, the order of the trip looks something like this:

STOP 1: Los Angeles

Post #8: Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California


STOP 2: Kansas City, Missouri/Kansas

Post #6: Skyline of Kansas City, Missouri

Post #7: National World War I Memorial, Kansas City, Missouri

Post #11: Opera House Restaurant and City Market, Kansas City, Missouri

Post #12: Green Lady Lounge and Black Dolphin Clubs, Kansas City, Missouri

Post #23: Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Q, Kansas City, Kansas

Post #27: The College Basketball Experience and Hall of Fame, Kansas City, Missouri

Post #31: Gem Theatre Marquee, Kansas City, Missouri


STOP 3: Seneca, Kansas

Post #3: Starlite Motel, Seneca, Kansas


STOP 4: York, Nebraska

Post #10: Water Tower, York, Nebraska


STOP 5: Grand Island, Nebraska

Post #2: Road Sign, Grand Island, Nebraska


STOP 6: Sidney, Nebraska

Post #14: National Pony Express Monument, Sidney, Nebraska

Post #29: "You Are Nowhere" and Bomgaars Signs, Sidney, Nebraska


STOP 7: Entering Wyoming

Post #19: Speed Limit 80 and Cheyenne Welcome Sign, Wyoming


STOP 8: Laramie, Wyoming

Post #28: War Memorial Stadium, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming


STOP 9: Red Desert, Wyoming

Post #32: Red Desert, Wyoming


STOP 10: Entering Utah

Post #15: Eastern Utah at Sunset -- I-80 Outside Salt Lake City


STOP 11: Exiting Salt Lake City

Post #26: Fork in the Road on I-80 near Salt Lake City Airport


STOP 12: Salt Flats of Utah

Post #4: Tree of Utah, Road landmark near Utah Salt Flats

Post #9: Bonneville Salt Flats, Western Utah


STOP 13: Reno, Nevada

Post #20: El Dorado and Circus Circus Casinos, Reno, Nevada

Post #33: University of Nevada at Reno Campus


STOP 14: Entering California

Post #13: Agricultural Inspection Checkpoint, Entrance of California


STOP 15: Lake Tahoe, California

Post #21: Lake Tahoe Sign, Tahoe, California


STOP 16: San Francisco, California

Post #1: Outside Tarantino's Restaurant, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California

Post #5: Round Table Pizza, San Francisco, California

Post #16: Vesuvio Cafe, San Francisco, California

Post #17: Eadweard Muybridge Statue, Lucasfilm Campus at the Presidio, San Francisco, California

Post #18: Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco, California

Post #22: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

Post #24: Model of Disneyland, Walt Disney Family Museum, San Francisco, California

Post #25: Yoda Fountain and Statue, Lucasfilm Campus at the Presidio, San Francisco, California

Post #30: Motel Capri, Cow Hollow Neighborhood, San Francisco, California

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