Opti

cutting the sides...

Opti

Smoothing the base, learning to sand out high spots using the whole length of the sander!

Opti

getting the knotches for the frame

Opti

Gramps "smoothed down" a fingertip with one of these so we're extra careful to keep fingers safe!

Opti

cutting the forms out

A little weather protection...

We were playing on the wooden wheel last night in the cool full moon light.  Invented a new game - anyone with less than 10.5" rib cage and lie down and get run over!  Faith loved it.  Sarah made it.  Armando was to thick.

Today we beat the rain and used up the rest of the bright green paint.  Froze but got it covered up before the rain started!

Alexanna and Sarah gave out first - then Marshall.  Jami is such a trooper!

Award Winning Finale!

Starting to lose some stability... Getting more rain from above.

After a pause for the race start, we had a hard time starting forward - the wheel wouldn't turn. Then I noticed it was more oval shaped, then the roof was coming in - time to bail out. Got Marshall clear, then Jami and I bailed out quick! Too fast for photos.

Look at how well our boxes held together! It was just the part holding them in a circle.

Here's another source - partial collapse.

Stretching out for the award - this time I made the cover of the newspaper instead of Marshall (who's still there, just off to the right). Jami's hand does show.

We didn't get many photos after this - just had to get cleaned up and start hauling boxes out to the recycling point. Next year I need to make it farther around the course so there's less distance to carry the cardboard.