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Itinerary overview

May 4th: Waterloo -> White River, 10.5 - 12 hours expected

May 5th: White River -> Southport, 12-13.5 hours expected (wtf)

May 6, 7, 8: Competition

May 9th: Southport -> White River, 12-13 hours May 10th: 10.5-12 hours

Table of Contents

Comp Travellers:

  • Brielle

  • Aidan

  • Ryan

  • Sahil

  • Anthony

  • Daniel

  • Jenny

  • Matthew

Vehicles:

  • Secure them from the SDC, and we need 4 SDC approved drivers. Each driver can only drive up to 6h each. Each driver needs full clearence incl. truck training

  • Confirm that trucks have covers

  • Jenny will be dropped off at Winnipeg James Richardson on the way home

  • Drivers:

    • Aidan - Needs truck training

    • Anthony - Needs truck training

    • Brielle - Needs form and truck training

    • Matthew - Needs form and truck training

  • Fuel: We are responsible for delivering the vehicles back with a full tank.

  • Approximate storage size and select vehicles based on this: Mech to do once a/c frame is completed, fw/cv once peripherals are completed.

    • Preferred we take 1 truck (4 seater) and the RAV4 (4 seater).

Hotels:

  • Check hotels in Wawa, Marathon and White River.

  • 2 to a room, Brielle and Jenny in one room, men can be paired however. 4 rooms for the whole team.

  • Hotel Dates: May 4th night, May 8th night

  • Double check in conops and comp when we get accommodation

Equipment:

  • Each team should define a list of things they need to bring and own, and we’ll plan accordingly.

  • Set up a spreadsheet that we’ll fill out as we go

  • Luggage is on a personal basis, plan for roughly a week of travel, try and limit to one suitcase or equivalent and one backpack. Luggage check closer to comp and exact vehicles planned

Food:

  • Snack run before comp - covered by team funds

  • Water, First Aid, Sunscreen - covered by team funds

  • Meals provided for by your own funds

Budgeting

  • Comp Fees are going to be paid via invoice, $2 260.

  • Things to budget:

    • Hotels - Contact and confirm

      • Try to directly pay via invoice using a travel advance request

    • Gas - $2400 (upper bound)

      • We’ll allocate a certain amount to each driver and make a travel advance request in their name, but not sure how this will work as gas amount is uncertain.

    • Incidentals (Water, First Aid, Sunscreen, Snacks, Emergencies etc.) - $300

Action Items:

  • Confirm trucks have covers and start truck training for all, forms for Brielle and Matthew

  • Check vehicle availability and secure

  • Select a hotel

  • Confirm how gas will be paid for

Food Stops:

  • May 4th: lunch in Sudbury (lots of Tim Hortons), dinner in Wawa (also Tim Hortons as well as other food places)

  • May 5th:

Full, Detailed, no chill all gas itinerary

Wednesday May 4th

Uwaterloo → White River Motel (210 Hwy 17 W)(807) 822-2333 for White River.

0700

Start Packing stuff

  • Anni’s camping out overnight in E7 so can start doing this.

0730

Start Packing Vehicles

  • Please, everything should be ready to be put into the vehicles by now

0800

Depart UWaterloo

  • See packing list for things to bring.

T + 4.5h

~1230

Arrive at Sudbury, Ontario

  • Refill gas?

  • Good place to stop, stretch legs, switch drivers?

  • Try and limit stopped time to ~ 30 mins

T + 6.5h

Pass Sault St Marie

  • Not bad place to consider dinner/washroom/gas

T + 13h
~2100

Arrive at White River Motel

  • try to get there early to maximize working time before sleeping

  • Remember to top up gas at night (in case)

Thursday May 5th

White River → Microtel Southport (5100 Crescent Road West, Keeshkeemaquah Dr, MB R1N 4C3)

+1 204 400 5083

Rd W)

0800

Depart White River

  • Not sure if this is the same timezone…

T + 4h

~ 1200

Pass Thunder Bay

  • Gas

  • Food + Washroom

  • Stretch

T + 8h

~ 1600

Pass Dryden Ontario

  • Gas

  • Stretch

  • Washroom

~ 2200

Arrive at Microtel

Friday May 6th

Competition

Saturday May 7th

Competition

Sunday May 8th

Competition

Monday May 9th

Southport → White River Motel (210 Hwy 17 W)(807) 822-2333 for White River.

0600

Car 1 Depart Southport

  • part of my master plan to get everybody sleeping early so they can leave at 4am the next day

0800

Car 2 Depart Southport

  • This seems like a reasonable hour to leave?

Tuesday May 10th

White River → UWaterloo

0400

Car 1 departs

  • Leaving early so Anni can get back to pre-arranged move things to Toronto

  • Anni, Daniel, who else?

0X00

Car 2 departs

  • Feel free to leave whenever you want