Then, as we passed El Camino Real, we noticed that the first five letters in "El Camino" were an anagram of "camel." So, we decided to anagram "INOREAL," which yielded "LORAINE," corresponding with Loraine Street in San Francisco. This answer was also incorrect.
We decided to call for the 15-minute hint. They told us:
A set of directions is to locations as a set of equations is to a product.
We thought they were insane. I asked GC if all we needed was that spinning camel, were there any other parts to the clue? The operator said he didn't think so. However, after repeated calls, we learned that there were two clues, not one, at the California Avenue intersection. We drove back quickly, and stared at that non-sensical chemistry equation taht none of us knew how to solve. So, we headed back to the dorm, and solicited the help of the amazing Romina Wahab, who suspected the answer was water at 273 Kelvins... Ice.
A search in the Palo Alto phone directory revealed useless locations, and then Ice Oasis, surely the correct destination. By then, we were well behind every other team, and we had received a useless 15-minute hint. We called GC and asked them not to charge us for the hint, since they had mistakenly told us that we had the entire clue, when we only had half of it. Turns out many other teams only got the camel sheet as well.
However, we later found out that the camel is the name of a type of skating spin, as indicated below:
So, we headed off to the Ice Oasis in Redwood City.
