What was it like? Snot!
Kent gave you the quick low down but for the insatiably curious out there; this is how a slug race works. At least this is how it works in Brookings OR.
Prep:
Staple gallon plastic bags to a long board with all the open sides along one edge of the board (10 per side in this race)
Select and name your slug (the purist heads out to the forest and catches a “wild” one. The rest of us settle for a loaner)
The race:
Lay the board down flat and wait (cheer for your slug of course)
The slug, for some reason, crawls out of the bag – something to do with discomfort I suspect but who knows?
The winner is the first slug to crawl completely out of his/her bag. Hence the strategy by some of the more experienced racers to select a tiny slug. I thought it was just the lower slime potential. I will know better net time.
There were actually four heats to the races in Brookings. The winners then competed in the final race-off, which we skipped since Spot had long been returned to the loaner box by then. Despite the dismal performance of dear Spot, it was really great fun.