March 30

It started with a rectangular block of wood that we cut and he smoothed down with borrowed sandpaper. Six coats of electric blue paint, followed up with four coats of gloss and flame decals resulted in a blaze of speed down the Pinewood Derby track set up for Pack 299.

I'm grateful that Luke diligently stuck with this project and finished with a super-fast car that (after liberal dusting of the axles with graphite) no one was able to beat!