Tips for first time at champs?

[Amy33Amy33]

Yo, FireBears got wildcarded at 10K! Scouting worked! I ran the twitter account! Dean Kamen signed our flag again! We also won team spirit and safety, ie, the two awards that make alumni think we're lying! The drive team ate waffles for breakfast! We had knights that made Monty Python jokes! We didn't run out of buttons!

It will be our first time there. We're not exactly a rich team, so we've been talking a little about camping a little bit since Missouri is warm, and TBH all the hotels are probably gone by now, but we have some qualms about camping, mostly that we don't want to stink. Any Missouri people know of any good campsites with showers? Is camping for championships a really bad idea in some unforeseeable way?

For getting there, we've asked around a little bit to other Minnesota teams because if possible, it would be great if we could go together as a group, so if you are a Minnesota team that is also going to Missouri, you should talk to our head mentor. If we don't go with another team from our state, we might carpool Duluth-style. We don't really know.

Even if we do go camping, we still have a CRAZY amount of fundraising to do. Does anyone have any good tips for fundraising? Also, does anyone have any good cost-cutting tips, like local places to eat that are cheap? If we do end up camping, we'll probably just buy food at a grocery store and cook it ourselves like we did at Gitchi Gummi so grocery store suggestions are also appreciated.

Also, what should you pack to championships? And what cool things and eats are in Missouri?

Thank you!