A KABOOM Prequel
Randy's creative genius for "blowing things up" began as a child. The explosive ingredients included a bunch of boards, a lot of dirt, and something to balance the boards on. He would balance the board so one end was off the ground, and then he would put as much dirt as possible on the other end. Envision a teeter totter which is quite low to the ground with a lot of dirt on one end. Now imagine you are watching a five or six-year-old boy running with all of his might and then jumping on the elevated end as hard as he can, so dirt will spray in all directions. The dirtier he gets, the more successful the blast. After his first adventurous afternoon at doing this, he is covered with so much dirt that his mom won't let him come into his house. She makes him take off his clothes on the back porch and go directly to the shower. When she asks him how he got so dirty, little Randy proudly exclaims, " I've been blastin' ! " Since his family was living in Bingham at the time, he would hear all of the blasting being done at the nearby mine. He just wanted to recreate it.
(Forgive me, Tricia, for using the same picture you had on your blog, but can't you just see the mischief in his eyes?)
Thanks, Bonnie
3 comments:
Who knew that it started at such a young age.
now I understand why Sorens would drag me alllll the way to the pit (meaning Kenecott) to watch the crew with the dynomite blowing huge quantities of dirt into the air! He was really proud of what they were dong.
To let the experience sink in -- He would get that grin on -- the one with eyes about shut, stand back and not say a word.
I remember that story. I wonder if I could get that together and let Kermit and his friends try that out....
I'll have to go looking for the perfect field.
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