What personal items to take to St. Louis?

[Grim Tuesday]

There was a tornado last year and it was absolutely pouring as we loaded our stuff onto our bus at the end.

But there's nothing in particular personal wise I'd suggest you take beyond what you would usually bring to a long distance regional.

I would, however, suggest bringing a camera and a notebook to talk to other teams, take pictures of their robots, and write down how they (the teams and the robots) work so you can bring back knowledge.

[ice.berg]

Well some important things I can think of off the top of my head:

1. Deoderant, cause no one likes smelly pepole in the pits.
2. 2 pairs of socks for evey day you will be there. Tip from a mentor on our team who does 24 hr auto racing. You can not believe what a fresh pair of socks does when your feet are tired.
3. Camera (if your phone doesnt already have one or that one isnt good enough) Cause you know you will run across something cool you want to snap a pic of

Just a few of the things I thought of off the top of my head, I know im probably forgetting some things. But thats why i start packing a week ahead of time.