We start our afternoon of 4/22/14 at Windsor Locks High School 4:30pm loading the bus with all of our belongings and spare robot parts and tools. We head north to pick up or bus mates NRG4055 for a long, 18 hour bus ride to St. Louis. We traveled all night making stops for dinner and bus driver changes. It was not comfortable sleeping on the bus!! Below is a list of preliminaries. We played on the Galileo field-
Preliminaries are out!
http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/blog-Divisions-and-Preliminary-Match-Schedules
Well, we made it to St Louis. We dropped our stuff off at our hotel, had a quick lunch, headed to Edward Jones Dome to unpack the robot and some of us headed to the Arch. We had a great time going up in the arch taking great pictures along
... the way. We had a brief visit back at the dome for a practice round and ended our long evening at the old Spaghetti Factory with a fabulous meal... All after an 18 hr bus ride from CT. Our first of 3 exciting days to come!! See More
During our visit a one of the many teams attending the competition hosts a RoboProm. We had decided as a team that we would attend.
After a busy, crazy day of tough competition we have finally made it to the hotel to "make ourselves pretty" for RoboProm. So excited! We were hoping for pictures by the arch but it was pouring rain. The kids had a blast! Thanks to Peter and Bob for keeping me company and to Ron and Linda who busted out some awesome partner dance moves at the end of the night!!
Very tough, aggressive competition! Our robot did well but our alliances were less to be desired!! Because we did not score very high in the matches, our team was not picked for finals. I think we learned we need to do a bit more socializing with the teams in our group instead of just scouting!!
I started this adventure out by my self because Stephen had to work. Well he surprised me for the weekend and flew down Friday night and flew back to CT Saturday night. Not only did Stephen surprise me, but we got to go out Friday night with Cody and Elisa. During Saturdays competition Phyllis, Cody, Elisa, Kambrye and Lindsay came! We had a wonderful lunch at the Spaghetti Factory (again-but do love that place) and they all go to see our robot, competitions and got to go in the pits to see our robot!! What a great day to have the family attend and see what Stephen and I do and are very passionate about!!!
Saturday night we left St Louis after the finals and awards only dreading our 18 hour trip back to CT. What a great experience!! Hope the teams makes Worlds next year so Stephen and I can attend-with a wee mere 4 hour drive!!
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| Linda Horn and I having breakfast on the 18hr bus ride to St. Louis |
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| The kids at the top of the arch |
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| Our ride down the arch |
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| The arch lit up at night from another mentors balcony. |
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| Bruce, Shahil and I out for $2 pitchers! |
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| One of many dinners at the Old Spaghetti Factory |
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| Time for the final championships! |
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| Ms Stacy performed excellent!! |
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| Hooka with a few mentors and family! |
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| Ms Stacy-a robot selfie |
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| So excited the family came!! |
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