As you may know, every year kids across the Yukon, including Ross River, enter a bridge building competition. They make these bridges from wooden stir sticks. This year was no different. The kids at school diligently worked on their bridges. These bridges are then taken to Whitehorse where they are weighed and tested to see how much weight they will hold before breaking. They have different age categories and cash prizes for the top three in each. This year Naomi and Hannah both built bridges with friends of theirs. They did o.k., but not spectacular. Josh decided to build his bridge all by himself. The problem arose when there was only a week left before the competition and all he had were a few pieces assembled - certainly nothing resembling a bridge. He just lost interest. But being the incredible parents that we are, he had to finish what he started. So, with much complaining and grumbling he finally completed a bridge. It was just a platform. Just long enough to span the required width (80cm). There was no extra support - just a plain platform. Can you imagine our surprise when a prize came for him? Can you believe he won a prize for having the lightest bridge in the whole competition. Guess what he won? A rotary tool kit and a $50 gift certificate from Walmart. I guess he basically got the prize for being the laziest entrant in the competition! Oh well, he certainly wasn't complaining after that.
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