When we got to the race we saw some awesome creations...like this duck or alligator below. Some of our other favorites were the giant toilet, the full size Harley, the big Monster truck, and the shark.
Our creation didn't look so splendid sitting next to all of the others...but we were in it for the speed contest, not a beauty pageant! And I felt a little proud that we were the only sled that could boast that it could carry 6 people!
We were number 77, there were over 80 entries! They made us all line up, and it was quite a wait in the FREEZING temperatures! We were very glad we had left the boys home in the warm house with a babysitter.
This is where we were at the end of the line.
Clark was wearing our cardboard face, we didn't want to put it on our sled to slow us down!
After watching most of the sleds crash and burn it was finally our turn. I was so nervous and excited. After test running our saucers earlier in the week I knew we would be FAST! The time to beat was a fast 11 seconds! The next picture series was taken by the radio station and shows pretty well what happened!
Taking off...Carolyn is still smiling!
Gathering speed quickly and realizing our front sled is not going to keep up with the saucers!
Our snake started to turn and Clark's sled bit the snow hard and he started to flip!
Clark and I tumbled a long way down the hill...yes that is my leg in the air!
The rest of our group tried to keep going, but to no avail! I was ticked our ride was so short after waiting so long, so I hiked back up, found one of the broken off saucers and rode it down the hill, until I crashed into the berm on the left and took a huge face full of snow! I think we provided good entertainment to the spectators!
We should have tested our lead sled! If I could do it again we would just do a saucer train...but "What Might Have Been," has been my consolation song in my head the last couple of days. "I try not to think about what might have been, cause that was then, and we have taken different roads, we can't go back again, there's no use giving in, and there's no way to know...what might have been."
All in all it was a great Iowa adventure! As we were walking back to the car we all started brainstorming what we could do better next year before sadly realizing we won't be here next year!
But we can still win the best hat contest! Go to this website and vote for Clark! I'm an entry too in the turkey hat, but my vote goes to the hot dog man!
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