kinetic kraziness

Willie and I went up to Port Townsend for the 26th Annual Kinetic Sculpture Race. It had been a favorite of ours when we lived there and William's college, Harvey Mudd, wrote and asked if as alum he wanted to come and judge for the race. What fun, Emily was a judge too.

The theme of the race this year was "Party, Party", with the coming elections in mind. Each sculpture had a party and a candidate and they each had an opportunity to stump for their candidate. My favorite was the Koctail Party, with my friend, "Jack Daniels". Running for president on their ticket was "Wild Turkey"..... The Chicken Party promised to cut taxes on all beef products.

Some sculptures were small, like this Gossamer Slug entry.

Others were large and took several people to pedal. The whole thing about kinetic races is that everything is human powered. They must be able to follow a race kourse, go through the water and later the mud....
The Magic Bus negotiated the water really well. It was an awesome sculpture built by the Port Townsend Parent Teacher Association! They were the Peace Party.


The Blues Mobile didn't look like it was going to make it.


Yea, someone finally towed them!

Next came the mud bog, where we were giving the Mudd Excellence Award.

Like the water, some sculptures needed a lot of help through the mud.

Some just powered through.

The Kinetic Kween, Bubblelisous, on the right, goes in the mud to help her man on the I Scream for Ice Cream sculpture.

We liked the Magic Bus, Stop War, right on!

Thanks to Karen (ruffle skirt, tie dye leggings, sunglasses) for getting the Mudd Alumni together! See you next year!