MESA Day 2012

Today was MESA Day!!! It was a pretty good day. I participated in the calculus test and Balsawood Bridge Competition. The calc test was hard. The bridge comp. (Civil Structures) is where you build a bridge out of balsa wood sticks. It sounds easy but there are soooo many technical rules. Angles have to be 30<= degrees, can't be more than 95grams, must have a span of at least 25cm, total length must be =<40, height must be =<21cm and it must clear 10<= Jonathan really wanted to push this bridge to the limits. WE had a couple of angles at the top that were exactly 30degrees and then our clearance was exactly 10cm. If we got DQ'd, I would have killed him, or at the very least made him buy me a burger. Our bridge ended up being legal; however, we didn't win anything :(

Even though we didn't win anything, I still had a great time. I saw my little cousin Makayla (I hope that's how you spell her name). She was in the middle school Popsicle bridge competition. Her bridge ended up getting DQ'd though. She explained why but I didn't really understand.
Later,I met up with some old Commodorks and we had a great time together. Saw Maicy and Vanisha (both of them now go to SECA).













Then I also saw Andy, Jennifer, Jamie and Carey.













Carey won a medal for something and then Andy won a medal in Civil Structures. Darn you Andy! Overall, it was a really good day. ^^