The Black Pearl Finishes 7th!

Oh, my aching back. I foolishly joined 5 friends from Rock Creek today for the 97.3FM KBCO/Miller Lite 28th Annual Kinetic Sculpture Challenge. Our team finished 7th in the race, but scored 2nd in the parade, 2nd in style, 1st in sculpture and 3rd in engineering. Our craft was a slow but seaworthy all-black pirate ship, complete with cannons. Smooth sailing for the most part, except for the melee between our pirate crew and a group of leprechaun competitors. Check www.dailycamera.com and www.cw2.com for possibly incriminating evidence.

Update as of 8:00pm Sunday, May 6th:

Those requesting photos may check here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7r5572OhJ4

or here: http://picasaweb.google.com/kbattreall/20070417KidsAndCraft?authkey=vBzodp1wN5Y

or here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/kbattreall/20070417KidsAndCraft?authkey=vBzodp1wN5Y

These links are mostly of parade photos, but you won't see me in many since I was in Western Colorado that day.

The Leprechaun's were no longer mad when we saw them at the award's ceremony today.

We won "The Big Picture Award"! The trophy will be touring Rock Creek over the next several weeks. Look for it on my mantel soon.