Today was busy, but satisfying.  By the end of the day, we had a new drivetrain, new and improved conveyors and a revamped shooter.  But the icing on the cake was passing inspection just before the pits closed. The team started early, walking over to the Georgia World Congress Center at 7 am along with [...]

Here we are in Atlanta, Georgia for the FIRST National Championship.  It was a beautiful day to be walking around this city – the sky was blue, the temperature was mild and we were all excited to finally arrive!  On our flight from Milwaukee, we were joined by members from Team 2194 – Fondy Fire [...]

Well, today was pretty uneventful. We took off this morning from Milwaukee and landed a few hours later in Atlanta, playing Pokemon and listening to music all the way there. Once we landed we took the train to our hotel’s general area and walked a few blocks there. For lunch we went to the Hard [...]

Coming up on Monday is our last meeting of the 2009 season. After that meeting, we kick into competition mode (Championship event = super competition mode) and prepare for long days with more to do than humanely possible. Looking ahead to that date, one cannot help but look back at how far we have come [...]