Of course it had to rain. Nothing is ever easy. Here Dave and Alex were attempting to paint the checkpoint targets.
Meanwhile, Micah and Charles worked to waterproof the club's robot.
Here's the club's bot. Its name changed a number of times. Nobody is sure what to call it now.
This is Mike's bot. It is a further development on Ayer from last year's race.
Here is Dan's (left) and Dave's (right) bots.
At least we had a tent for the rain. Still, the rain caused loads of headaches.
What happens when you put a bunch of engineers in a flood? They start digging drainage ditches.
Problem solved! We wonder what the philosophy club would have done?
Some rain-inspired last minute modifications necessitated other last minute modifications.
Charles and Dan preparing for Dan's run.
The club's bot took a wander through the swamp.
Micah and Kimberly carry back the poor lost bot.
Here we stand around as we watch the club's bot go the wrong direction again. Hmm.
Mike's bot also wanders the wrong way.
Ryan's bot, alas, also had some troubles.
Dave's bot won without question. It did a number of successful laps while none of the other bots could even make the first checkpoint. Blame it on the rain!
These people worked hard to make it all happen (from left to right) Kimberly, Scott, Charles, Alex, Dave, Dan, Ryan, Mike, (Micah not pictured for some reason?!)
Dave and Ryan decompressing after the race.