I Wanna Know...

...Have you ever seen the rain, coming down a sunny day? I have.

Anyhow, we had a first-aid refresher first thing this morning. That was somewhat entertaining...

It was followed by a trip out for some hair cuts and hardware. EE team needed more LEDs for some manufacturing tasks they're up to, and Aero team needed some supplies to make a newer, louder horn for the car. I needed a new notebook because my quotebook is growing quite rapidly. And, the Texas weather had some of the guys desperate to get cooler hairstyles. Which wasn't entirely necessary, at least for today, because we got a little relief from the heat via some unexpected rain. The first burst lasted for all of three minutes, in full sun, just as we pulled back up to base camp and realized we were getting wet. The second burst was a more imposing black cloud on our weather radar, and as we got back from watching the German team, Bochum, go through dynamics, all of the teams were packing their stuff into trailers and running to tell other teams about the storm.

Then the rain came. We just put the grill on the other side of the trailer and hung out. Some of the team got in the vans to wait it out, because it got pretty intense for a few minutes, but some of us got out a frisbee (because all the solar cars were trailered, so it was okay to play) and had a game with some of the guys from Oregon State. The wind was fierce, though, so anyone throwing against the wind usually had the frisbee returned to them boomerang style. Then Konrad started running around doing power slides on the wet asphalt with his sneakers, like a human brake test. The rain and evening combo really cooled it down outside. It was nice, even though I got thoroughly soaked, shoes especially.

We got back and stopped by Sonic for shakes and slushies, had our room invaded by the guys while we sorted out the laundry fiasco which occurred earlier today, and now I'm updating this, going to update my quote book, and go to bed.

And, my quotebook is in my hotel room, and I currently am not, so I'll do a double update tomorrow.