4th of July in Salmon Idaho – Blogging from a Tent

This is a new one for me….blogging from a tent.

Many campgrounds now have wireless. That’s one of the key points of this trip…to be at the edge of electricity and see what innovations are happening.

Home-bought fireworks exploding over my head. No Eastern restrictions here.

Rode across Montana and half of Idaho today. Was really beat. Then saw huge field of parked trucks/cars and heard loud crowd noises.

Big combo dirt track and rodeo stadium.

Demolition Derby. Home grown.

Had to stop. Parked about half mile away at only parking I could find. Cost me $6 to get in. Probably 2000 to 3000 people in three large sets of bleachers.

I got to see one “run”, or “match”, or “heat”.

I had never seen one up close. None of that namby-pamby put-the-crowd-behind-glass stuff here. Real life. In your face.

Some shots.

One of three bleachers:

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Car being intro’d before action:

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Action video – click to play:

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Car at end of action:

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