In 2006, RoadTrip America sponsored the Kinetic Sculpture Race. A three day event where human-powered sculptures compete by driving their creations over highways, rivers, sand dunes, and ocean. For a variety of reasons, our coverage was never published on RTA, but here are some of the highlights…
Day One, Launch, Slippery Slope and the infernal mosquito dunes
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Start Line with Rutabega Queen
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Safety Checks at Start
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Complex Gearing
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The crowd is getting huge
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Ready! Set!…..
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Go! And they are off!
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Heading for turn one!
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They are going 3-Wide!
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Outriders and Bees?
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Intriguing Design
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Sliding on the Slippery Slope
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Peddling is hard in sand
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Pushing hard in the dunes
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End of Day One
Mark Sedenquist Arcata, Eureka, Ferndale, KSR, memorial day weekend
I was fortunate in the fact that while returning from one of our jaunts down to the West country we happened to be passing Stonehenge as the sun was about to set.
Within half an hour it had gone from this
Stonehenge by Dave Gomm
To this
Sunset.
Stonehenge by Dave Gomm
Unfortunately the light was changing so quickly I struggled to capture it fully in film but it was an amazing sight, even though I have passed by many times before.
If you “cut to the chase” they are just some rather large rocks in a field, yet they “entertain” people from all over the world and still baffle scientists and archeologist’s as to how they got there and for what purpose. They do know they are very,very old and some of the large rocks found there way to this site from across the water in Wales. It has been suggested they were used for worship, or by early Astronomers, even placed there by the devil himself. It has been said that over 300 million hours of labour was used. Who works that one out ?
Whatever it is, it still captures the imaginations of millions of tourists. Hey, wait a minute ! Is this the first man made tourist trap ever built.
Dave Gomm
Valentine’s Day is also the 13th birthday of the launch of RoadTripAmerica.com and the 5th anniversary of the launch of Living-Las-Vegas.com. Nice to know we are in good company for birthdays!
Mark Sedenquist birthday
Just returned from a trip for the warmth from wintery Chicago to the Florida Panhandle, Panama City Beach, specifically.
We have found the Golden Corral restaurant chain to be an excellent value. How they are able to put food like that out for that price, about $7.99 for lunch and $9.99 for dinner, is beyond me. Dinner includes shrimp, items from their Applewood Grill, and steak cooked the way you like.
Lunch has miniburgers, fish, meatloaf and other items. Salads are excellent with several choices. And, the dessert area is something else!
We’ve been going to Golden Corrals, which are often located right alongside interstates, for the last several years since we discovered them. You can eat really well!
So, on the road, I highly recommend Golden Corral.
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