Monster Trucks!!!!

Our county is completely engulfed in flames right now. There are billows of smoke pouring over the mountains with winds unprecedentedly (is that a word?) blowing west. We are quite literally the only part of the county that is not burning.

Last week we had a major thunder storm that left about 150 fires burning. We were sitting outside eating popsicles when all of the sudden a tiny black cloud rolled in and started to hail on us. Hail a half inch in diameter! It lasted only a minute or two and then rolled on, but it was crazy! Elliot is still saying "ice fell from the sky!"

But before this crazy natural occurrence, we went over the hill to watch Monster Trucks. It was very loud, very dusty and very much redneck heaven. We had a blast!!!

The best part of the night was surprisingly not the monster trucks, but what they called "sliders". The back wheels were removed from these old junkers and replaced with a steel plate. This meant the car had to pull itself with its front tires and its back slid around like it was on ice. They bumped and rammed each other and cheered for themselves. It was hilarious.

Here are a few pictures before it got dark.