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I’ve ALWAYS wanted to go to a monster truck show. They were huge when I was a kid and my favorite was BIGFOOT.  Whenever the monster truck shows were shown on regular TV (remember in ancient times, we didn’t have streaming.. Or even more than a handful of channels) I’d be fascinated with these huge trucks doing all these amazing stunts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I never got to go see a Monster Truck show in person – we lived in the woods basically (although it’s a bit nicer now) and going into a major city for a show wasn’t in the cards for li’l T.  I consoled myself with the occasional TV appearance and collecting Stomper trucks.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I eventually grew out of that fascination and forgot all about the awesomeness that was Monster Trucks until my son and I were hanging out one day and he asked to see videos about trucks (his fascination at the time). I told him “Not only will I show you truck videos, I’ll show you THE MOST AWESOME TRUCK VIDEOS EVER\u2026 SUNDAY SUNDAY SUUUUUUNDAY ONLY AT THE ARENA”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His response was a quizzical look of confusion but he got it once we started streaming those sweet sweet old monster truck videos! He then said the words every dad wants to hear “Daddy, can we go to a monster truck show?” – I swear I got a little misty eyed seeing myself in this little kid and I was gonna make damn sure his<\/strong> dream of seeing them comes true!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucky for me – there’s an arena about 20 minutes away and there was a monster truck show coming in a few months! It was meant to be! I bought some tickets and we headed of to the NJ CURE arena to see the Hot Wheels Monster Truck Light Show Spectacular! (seriously, that’s the name of the show) and.. And.. BIGFOOT WAS THERE!! It was like I was a 7 year old kid again I was so excited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a lot of fun – the trucks were all awesome and they even had the fire breathing, car eating MEGASAURUS! That was my kid’s favorite (Dinosaurs being his other love).  One of the first true goals I struck of my 50 for 50 list and a lifelong dream realized. I suspect my son and I might be back but my wife and daughter were decidedly NOT that into it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out this little video clip I made of the day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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