. . . . .The temperature was 32 outside when I got up today...Will winter never end? I felt the need for a nap by 11:15 today and sure enough I slept until a little after noon. I then ate a bowl of beans before driving to Castle Rock to enjoy the Pinewood derby with Colt and Ron. After I got home the dog talked me into a forty minute walk then I relaxed in front of the TV for a while. The Pinewood Derby consists of little wooden 'cars' that can not weigh more than 5 ounces running side by side, two at a time down and incline track. Like a toy drag race. The best time today was 2.714 seconds. Colts car was not one of the four top winners but we all had a geed time and the crowd was enormous, as you can tell by the pictures. The race track was set up in a conference room at a local church in town. Top pic shows Officer Scott, the Preacher man and Ron getting things started. The second picture shows two blurred cars on their way down the track. The pictures were taken with available light so the moving objects are bound to be hard to see.
Announcing the start of a race. when the cars are released a timer begins and no more than three seconds later the cars cross the finish line.
In this case I snapped the picture after the winning car has already crossed the finish line. Notice the folks enjoying popcorn? It was free and tasted great.
Several times two cars were so close that only the timer was able to determine who won.
Colt was having a wonderful time, Ron worked himself into a sweat running around helping things run smoothly.
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