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Itinerary overview

May 4th: Waterloo → Marathon, 12 hours expected

May 5th: Marathon → Southport, 11.5

May 6, 7, 8: Competition

May 9th: Southport → Marathon, 11.5 hours

May 10th: Marathon → Waterloo, 12 hours

Comp Travellers:

  • Sahil (Chef)

  • Brielle (Mech, Driver)

  • Matthew (Mech, Driver)

  • Aidan (Firmware, Driver)

  • Anthony (Firmware, Driver)

  • Ryan (CV)

  • Daniel (Electrical)

  • Jenny (Business)

Todo:

  • Make sure you are UHIP Fees arranged

  • Bring your healthcard if you can, may need to be shown if you require medical assistance

  • Check individual packing list (below)

Vehicles:

  • 1 Dodge Caravan, 1 Rav4.

  • Drivers:

    • Please pick up vehicles on May 3rd before ESMS closes, head to ESMS, ask for help, and say you need the keys to the Rav4 and Caravan. Give my name if asked who booked.

    • Please setup ELD app.

    • DO NOT SPEED YOU ARE BEING TRACKED (maybe just use Cruise Control)

    • No more than 6 hours driving in 24 hours. (2+2)

    • Rotate drivers every 2 hours (recommended but not mandated) → See footnote 1

      • Try to fill gas tank whenever possible → who knows if the next 4 gas stations might be empty

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

 Footnotes (Vehicles):

1: See how their example does not rotate every 2 hours?

Hotels:

  • Hotels: Marathon there/back, Microtel @ comp.

  • 4 to a room, 2 rooms w 2 queen beds each

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

  • Double check in conops and comp when we get accommodation

  • Sahil Kale and Brielle Chenier will pay for 1 room each on each night, at $122/night for 2 nights for 2 rooms.

  • When checking in, use Shrinjay Mukherjee for the reservation

Food:

  • Snack run before comp - covered by team funds

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

  • Meals provided for by your own funds

Individual Packing list

  • indoor shoes ❗ (they won’t let you inside without)

    • can be slippers ig? ← You can also buy these along the way at any stop if you forget.

  • Waterbottle

  • wet weather gear

    • Umbrella/boots // wet shoes 😞

  • Sunscreen / Long sleeves / Hats (even if it’s raining?)

  • Power Banks / Chargers

  • Masks (Anni can bring a box of x amount?)

  • Be wary of hotel combs?!?!??!?!?!? && Hotel thin walls?!

  • Toiletries

Equipment + WARG Packing List

Teams please add your requirements here. Packing happens late May 3rd or Early May 4th

  • Batteries (Safe bag/box?)

  • Battery charger

  • Laptop, charger (firmware)

  • Both controllers

  • Pixhawk + Cables

  • Dragonlink (as backup?)

  • Aircraft → How pack?

  • Spare Analog Video system? → lightbridge 2

  • Monitor idk

  • ?? box (which box?) (joe’s? zhou’s? joel’s?)

Food

Allergies

  • Avocado

  • Grass & Pollen

Water

  • what do?

  • Is there potable water at comp?

    • or do we need many big water bottles?

Food Stops (edit as you see fit)

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

  • May 5th: Ignace for lunch (Clooch’s Tavern), dinner in Winnipeg (lots of options)

Full, Detailed, no chill all gas itinerary

May 3

Get Keys

  • Engineering Student Machine Shop,

  • 1st floor of E5 SDC.

  • Go before they close (2100 on weekdays? Just go early.)

  • Teams may have cars booked during the day…

  • Say Shrinjay Booked, should not hassle you.

    • call shrin if issue.

May 3rd

Meet Victoria

  • ?!?!? MIA → walk into her office and check sometime.

Wednesday May 4th

https://goo.gl/maps/g7soXd937GA2nmwm9

Uwaterloo → Zero 100 Motor Inn (21 Peninsula Road, Marathon, Ontario) (807) 229-0100

0500

Non-Drive team arrives at UW

  • Start packing, see packing list.

  • Anni’s camping out overnight in E7 so will be here too

0530

Drivers arrive at UW

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

  • Last minute vehicle checks?

0545

Depart UWaterloo

  • Leave early to avoid as much rush hour as we can

+1h 45

~ 0800

Pass through Barrie, ON

Esso at 7 Anne St N, Barrie, ON L4N 1B7

  • Take exit 96A

Barrie OnRoute (probably more expensive but less downtime)

  • along highway, signs for OnRoute

? rng stop

Random Gas Station

Driverswap every 2 hours (side of the road is fine?).

  • gas at around 3 hour mark in sudbury.

  • Could be an early lunch as well.

+ 6h

T + 8h
~ 1400

Pass Sault St Marie

  • Not bad place to consider gas / lunch as well.

  • Would be a late lunch.

? rng stop

Gas

  • Swap drivers at 2 hour mark.

  • look for gas if necessary (maybe wawa)

    • better safe than sorry, stopped time does not count.

+ 4h

T + 12h
~1800

Arrive at Zero 100 Motor Inn

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

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

Thursday May 5th

https://goo.gl/maps/pz5vGnUPcwth53hd6

Marathon → Microtel Southport (5100 Crescent Road West, Southport, Manitoba)

Note: Southport in diff timezone (1 hr behind)

0600

Depart Marathon

  • Leave early to arrive at microtel early.

  • Hotel should have breakfast? Not sure how early

+ 3h 15
T + 3h

~ 0900

Pass Thunder Bay

  • Gas

  • There’s a walmart if snacks//want to buy packed lunch/water

+ 3h 30
T + 7h

~ 1300

Pass Dryden Ontario

  • Gas ?

  • Lunch?

+3h 45

~ 1700

Pass through Winnipeg

  • ANYTHING YOU NEED / Dinner?

T + 12h

~ 1800 et

~ 1700 local time

Arrive at Microtel

  • could be later with many stops

  • Note that Waterloo is 1 hour ahead of Winnipeg/Southport.

Friday May 6th

Competition

Saturday May 7th

Competition

Sunday May 8th

Competition

Monday May 9th

Southport → ??

0600

Car 1 Depart Southport

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

  • (Mostly so that we get to Hotel before 8pm so we have mandated 8 hours before driving again).

0800

Car 2 Depart Southport

  • This seems like a reasonable hour to leave?

Before 1400

Drop Jenny off at airport

  • You get to be in car 2 jenny have fun 😃

Tuesday May 10th

?? → UWaterloo

0400

or earlier

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

4pm

car 1 arrives

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