Cardboard and duct tape...

Hey Y'all! So this week, guess what i did? That's right, i built a boat out of cardboard and duct tape. The idea was that each advisory group build a boat using these materials and then race the boat with at least one person in the boat. My group happens to be the smallest (Amanda, Alex, Brady, Mia, Millicent and myself) but perhaps the most imaginative. We decided to build a boat that could fit all five students. Millicent would be our cheerleader. For two days we smuggled cardboard into the dorm from the UC. The cafateria workers thought it was the coolest thing ever and helped us get the cardboard. We built the boat in two night. The USS Smuggler ended up being eight feet long and three feet wide. We went through a ton of duct tape. Unfortunately, it didn't fit in the bus, but Nevin took it on top of his Jeep. We knew that with a boat that large it might sink very quickly. Alex, remembering how he and Brady had stuck me in a suitcase in South Dakota, came up with plan B. He built the USS Laura, our secret weapon. If the Sumggler went down, my job was to finish the race alone. The Smuggler did hold out for quite awhile, but then it sprung a leak. Unfortunately, the USS Laura went down too. We were able to get both boats to shore and did take second place! It was so much fun! As soon as i get pics from someone, i'll post the one of all five of us laying in the boat side by side. It was pretty awesome and a great stress reliever. Now i have a twenty minute presentation on Monday. Cool Beans... GOD Bless! I love y'all!
Laura