Answer to October 2007 Problem of the Month

Pumpkin Maze
from Games Magazine

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Travel along the colored paths from Start to Goal.   At each pumpkin, change to a path of a different color from the color you were just on -- any different color.   U-turns are prohibited.

Please send in your answer in the following format:

Start
F
:
:
M
Goal

Solution to the Problem:

After Start, visit the lettered pumpkins in this order:
F - E - D - C - B - A - J - I - H - Q - R - K - L - R.
The last letters take you around a loop,
and could have been visited in the order L - K - R.
Now retrace your path in the opposite direction:
Q - H - I - J - A - B - C - D - E - F.
At this point, continue O - N - M - Goal.