Frogasaurus Rex at the Port Townsend 2005 Kinetic Sculpture Race

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Saturday - Art Judging, Parade, and Safety Checks

For use the first order of business at the Art Judging is letting folks ride the Tadpole and Frogasaurus Rex. Tadpole rider Frogasaurus Rex riders Frogasaurus Rex riders
Scorpion KSR. Scorpion KSR. Frog kisses This woman is a delight to talk with. She has a whole lot of character.
Rene is our embedded reporter. We met her there, learned she was writing about the race, and when she expressed interest in participating invited her into our team. Rene Several KSRs, including Frogasaurus Rex in the Water Test. Water
And now that we've taken care of those details it's time to let folks ride our machines. Here are folks riding the Tadpole. Tadpole rider Tadpole rider Tadpole rider
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And we also gave rides in Frogasaurus Rex. Frogasaurus Rex riders Frogasaurus Rex riders

Saturday night is the Coronation Ball where the new Kween is chosen. It can be quite a wild party. Sorry, no pictures.

Sunday - Race

The theme this year is 'Putting On The Ritz.' This woman really knows how to do it. On the Rex team we got right back to our main theme: letting folks ride our toys. Here are pictures of people riding Frogasaurus Rex, starting with Rene, our embedded reporter. Frogasaurus Rex rider
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Letting folks ride the Tadpole. Tadpole rider Tadpole rider Tadpole rider
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Tadpole rider Oh, yeh. We also race. Here is Frogasaurus Rex on the road. Frogasaurus Rex Frogasaurus Rex
And some other race vehicles Procrastination Power The Supreme Kourt
The first challenge was the sand. For Frogasaurus Rex the sand wasn't a big challenge this year. Frogasaurus Rex Frogasaurus Rex Frogasaurus Rex
Frogasaurus Rex Frogasaurus Rex in Puget Sound. Frogasaurus Rex Frogasaurus Rex in the mud. It was too much for us and we had to tow Rex out of the mud.

Sunday - Awards

'Unluckiest' award. Port Townsend KSR winnings - 'Unluckiest' award. We qualified for this for quite a series of incidents, starting with getting stuck on the freeway for hours behind a wreck. 'Nifty Fiftys' T-shirt 'Nifty Fiftys' T-shirt.
Tarot cards. Tarot cards A rather feminine stuffed frog. stuffed frog
Butane 'match' Butane 'match'. Athletics bag Athletics bag.

Unless otherwise noted, all pictures above were taken by Allen Brown.

Copyright 2005,2006 C. Allen Brown


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