First To The Doubloons

Alejandro Sedeno, Stephanie Dalquist, Sam Kendig

HINTS:
CLUES IN PUZZLE:

SOLUTION:

  1. Ponder the title
  2. Doubloons, see double letters
  3. First letter of each double letter word spells "Take the red line"
  4. Use the little artery-looking things as subway maps, identify cities. Red is the only important one. If you didn't find the double letters, you will waste some time.
  5. Cities spell out answer word
RED LINE CITIES:

The other cities spell other types of trees. They are: ASH (blue), PALM (yellow), POPLAR (orange), and OAK (green). Knowing them is not helpful for getting the answer.

Answer: ROWAN