After a little walk we got to the contest area. There was a pretty wide range of skill levels, from church youth groups... | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0019.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0021.jpg) | ...to little kids who got inspired from all the digging and carving and decided to make their own sculptures. | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0029.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0057.jpg) | The really skilled groups had their plots further north on the beach. Some were really well done. One group had a really cute bear looking into a car. Here's some pictures from their plot. | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0058.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0053.jpg) | | | Another group had a "big top" circus theme. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0031.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0039.jpg) | | | One had a living room theme that was quite realistic. Note the beer can on the table. The couch didn't look all that comfortable, though. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0045.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0043.jpg) | | | The dot com scene also made an appearance |
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| ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0044.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0017.jpg) | | | Castles, not surprisingly, were also pretty popular, ranging from the simple to the much more elaborate. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0051.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0022.jpg) | | | And we had all kinds of animals, fish, dogs, dinosaurs, dragons, you name it. |
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| ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0026.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0032.jpg) | | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0049.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0020.jpg) | | | Tools ranged from shovels to drywall trowels to feather dusters |
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| ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0048.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0038.jpg) | This one was cute--Fish 'n Ships. | |
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| ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0034.jpg) | | ![](/Pictures/2000/06-10-2000/gallery_dscn0036.jpg) | A couple times Eric had to lift me up so that I could get a good view. | | Last year they did this one face up, this time the poor guy was face down in the sand. | | | | | | | | |