This past Saturday Jen and I decided to take the day off and go to the Atlanta Soapbox derby. It was held at 10th Street right by the park, so it was easy for us to walk over and get a good seat. Keep in mind, when we say "seat" we mean posting two camping chairs on the sidewalk, to hold our place while we went to go look at the cars. After taking pictures of the participants we walked back to our chairs, folded them up, then squeezed our way towards the front of the barriers so we could be right up by the track. We heard several loud gripes about our place holders, but we knew these people were just jealous because they didn't think of such a smart idea. It was really hot on Saturday, so the whole crowd was sticking together as more people tried to squeeze into the crowd. The breathing room got even worse as the cars began to go down the track because everyone was pushing forward to try and catch a glimpse. After an hour of watching the derby, we decided it was too hot to stay. We were completely dehydrated (since our only concern were camping chairs and not food or water) so we left after seeing 15 cars go down the hill. Don't get us wrong, it was a super fun experience, but it would have been smarter to have the derby in October. Here are some pics we took.
-LG
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