Later, Alligator

Another Pinewood Derby has come and gone. Henry aged out of Cub Scouts and so we just had William at this year. This year's theme was Animals. His offering - an alligator head shaped car that he dubbed Later, Alligator.

 

 

It certainly wasn't the prettiest car around - Jay mentioned that he thought we'd reached a new aesthetic low with our offerings - but it was pretty fast.  He came in third overall and had the single fastest time in a race.  You can see him pointing to the time - 2.9622 seconds.   Jay was pretty excited since our boys cars generally aren't that fast.  Jay credits it to the axle that he bought from the Scout Store on Monday.  I think it's just luck.  I mean, come on - those cars are all within tenths of a second of each other.  The difference between first and last is pretty minimal. 

Still, William was happy.  All the boys seemed to have fun.  They did a good job of cheering for each other.  It was a good night.