Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Flugtag: Chicago

Two weekends ago Bob and I decided to attend the Flugtag event in Chicago at North Avenue Beach. Basically it's a flying contest of self-made, self-propelled flying machines.

The contestants are required to create a little skit and set it to music before launching their contraptions off of a cliff into water. They then get judged by their creativity and how far their machine flew (which, usually? isn't very far)
It was a really neat contest but it was SO CROWDED. After wandering around for a while, we finally found section to sit on the grass and peer at a jumbo tron to see what was happening. Even though a portion of the screen was obstructed, we were able to see smurfs, lobsters, Mike Ditkas, and other characters fly off of the edge of a platform into Lake Michigan. :)
The lobsters ended up winning.

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