We're in America. There's a monster truck rally on in Kalispell.

It had to be done!

To be honest, it was amazingly good fun, despite the 30 minutes of tributes to the troops at the start of the show. The noise was incredible, most people brought earplugs, and there was a certain amount of good humour in the crowd.

Our favourite part came during the intermission when the public was allowed to race their old banger trucks around the course. Called the "tough trucks", about half of them were demolished and had to be towed out. The height these guys were getting on the jumps were amazing, I reckon they were feeling the landing for weeks afterwards. They make 'em tough in Montana!

Tough Truck #1 "I'm not a redneck"

Big air!

Dun, dun, dun, dun, another one bites the dust!

Lots of carnage. The red truck has a broked axle.