pic: Come one Come all, to the woods of CT for a day.

[K.Shaw]

october 17th 10am - 1pm you will be returning at the place of location between 12pm and 3 pm if that makes sense?........people will be leaving in 5 minute intervals just to split up traffic a bit and the ride is about 2 hours soo

[Elgin Clock]

The only major difference between this and a "normal" collaborative fundraiser is that where you start on the road rally is who you pay your participation fee to.
(To be determined - No more than 20 bucks a carload but probably less.)

That way we 3 teams are not fighting over who's money is who's at the end of the rally.
That could get ugly (I'm sure it wouldn't..) and this way we also have 3 places to choose from to start your adventure.

More details to follow. I want to get a copy of the flyer and upload ALL the info at once. But what was discussed so far in this thread is the basics.

[KathieK]

That's our Teambuilding Weekend. Hmm. Let's see, can we make that a teambuilding exercise???

[Jessica Boucher]

Am I disqualified because I come from the area?

I may just have to take a roadtrip

[tkwetzel]

Originally Posted by KathieK

That's our Teambuilding Weekend. Hmm. Let's see, can we make that a teambuilding exercise???

Each group of people in a single car is working together as a team, so to me it clearly looks like a great teambuilding exercise!

Too bad I am going home from school that weekend, otherwise I might have joined you. Oh well, great idea...sounds like a lot of fun.

[K.Shaw]

ya...its going to be a blast if you come to it.....also elgin the price per car load is $10

[Jay H 237]

Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

Am I disqualified because I come from the area?

No, we'd love to have you back.

Originally Posted by K.Shaw

.....also elgin the price per car load is $10

Good point since we didn't mention it, but let's wait like Elgin said and upload all the info at once. I don't see any point in making people read 15 different posts to piece all the info together. If that was the case then this thread would become the scavenger hunt instead of the actuall trip!

[Elgin Clock]

Update!!

Here is the full flyer full of info. Hope to see some of you there.

3 Northwest CT FIRST Robotics Teams

1st Annual

Fall Road Rally

Scavenger Hunt!!!! Prizes!!!! Foliage!!!!

Date: Sunday, October 17th

• (Registration the morning of)

Starting/ Ending Locations:

• Watertown H.S. (team 237)
• Nonnewaug H.S. (team 38)
• Housatonic Valley Regional H.S. (team 716)

Time:

• Leave between 10 am-1 pm
• Return to your start point between 1pm – 4pm

Call for Info if Needed:

• Scott (860) 274-1732 (team 237)
• Ashley (203) 266-9148 (team 38)
• Sara (860) 248-0735 (team 716)

Refreshments before and after.


$10.00 per car the day of!!!!
Any mode of Transportation- All are welcome

[Jessica Boucher]

Awesome, you picked a weekend with nothing on it!

< slightly OT >I was talking about Woodbury's giant orange puppy sculpture in my Writing Fiction class today. We had to comment on a short story about this girl who went nuts and made a shrine for a man she was obsessed with by hanging stuff in this one tree....but hey, if you stuck that tree in Woodbury someone would probably call it art < /OT >

[Jay H 237]

Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

< slightly OT >I was talking about Woodbury's giant orange puppy sculpture in my Writing Fiction class today.

It's called "Barking Dog". I just hope that wasn't a question on our scavenger hunt!

Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

We had to comment on a short story about this girl who went nuts and made a shrine for a man she was obsessed with by hanging stuff in this one tree....but hey, if you stuck that tree in Woodbury someone would probably call it art < /OT >

Possibly someone, with one being the key word, would call it art. Barking Dog made quite a ripple in very conservative Woodbury when it was installed.

[JohnBoucher]

One week to go and are we pumped or what.
Update: New prize added by Team 237 is 4 Tickets to the Haunted Graveyard at Lake Compounce.
Update: Official Team 237 Chocolate Chip Cookies will be sold at WHS.

[Elgin Clock]

T-Minus less than 8.5 hours till the road rally.

We'll see how this goes, our first attempt at this kind of collaborative fundraiser.

Wish us luck, or come on down and participate if you live nearby.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...8&postcount=23

[KathieK]

Our thanks to the three teams who hosted this Fall Road Rally - we couldn't believe how absolutely beautiful the foliage was today... It's rare that we actually get out to that part of Connecticut.

If ever visiting our state, be sure to take the tour that we went on today - We will definitely be back for a tour of Kent Falls State Park, the Cornwall bridge and all the lovely antiques shops and arts and crafts locations along the way.

A special thank you to Team 237 - the 2005 Atlas was a nice gift to receive from you all - it would have come in handy at the beginning of the day when we followed the directions and turned RIGHT onto Route 6 instead of turning LEFT as we were supposed to... But this way we got to see Terryville, named after Eli Terry, famous Clock maker... another FIRST for us! (BTW Team 38 - no one in Terryville seems to know where Nonnewaug High School is located! )

We'll be back next year to participate in the 2005 Fall Road Rally! And we'll have to CHALLENGE some other FIRSTers to join us!

[K.Shaw]

dont forget you guys have another prize coming. im glad you guys came and had a good time!

[Elgin Clock]

Here is some of that beautiful CT foliage that the participants of the Road Rally saw.
This is actually the view into the center of Watertown from WHS.

I'll be adding more pics to our Gallery once I get them (Hopefully Tuesday night. 10-19)