Monster Truck Jam - Part 1 of 2

Tara's friend "Tall Natalie" had heard about Monster Truck Jam coming to town and had let Tara know about it.  She promptly conveyed the idea to me (Brent) and I was immediately in.  It brought back memories of all the funny things I did when I was younger with my Dad and Step-Dad...WWF wrestling, monster trucks, Globetrotters, ect.  We met "Tall Tyler" (Tall Natalie's husband) and his two oldest kids.  Above is Gage's first impression when the monster trucks fired up their engines and he was all business.  He initially was somewhere between intrigued and scared.

Here is Gavin sitting next to Clay during the beginning of the event.  We had to buy them ear plugs and headphones to block out the sound because it truly was deafeningly loud.  We got there about an hour early which was fun because we got to see them line up all the trucks and get ready for the show, but they also got a bit restless.

This picture shows all the trucks lined up and ready to go at the beginning of the show.

They started off with some individual jumping competitions and them moved into some head to head races.  Above is the famous "Gravedigger" which is about the only truck that I have a vague recollection from.