Return of the Stunt Toad

For those of you who visit our family journal, you may remember the video of the toad riding in the remote control truck. For those who missed it, go here. As luck would have it, we became the owners of another toad; and since the first toad had so much fun, we thought this one might like to ride as well. This time, we had safety first on our minds. Ross, with his skilled hands, crafted a crash helmet from a split, hollowed-out buckeye, complete with scarf (bread twistee-tie) waving in the wind behind him. (Disregard the masking tape holding the helmet on...hey, you gotta start somewhere. Note-to-self: use duct tape next time.)

Next, the toad is placed into position. You can feel the anticipation vibrating through the toads body. I'm not sure who is more excited at this point, the toad or us guys. Actually, I take that back. I'm pretty sure that we were more excited. The toad was probably a little more fearful (but he hid it well).


And finally, it's time to crack open the throttle and see how many horses this things got under it's hood...er...it actually doesn't have a hood. And it's really not that fast. Which is a good thing...because this could have turned out much worse than it did.


Before you call PETA, please know that no mammals were hurt during this stunt. His helmet actually stayed on until impact, which more than likely saved him from scrambling his brain. And we were pretty much able to stop the truck before it completely ran over him (sort-of).This concludes this episode of Stunt Toad.

And now a message from the star of the show, Stunt Toad himself - "Hey, tadpoles! Play it safe and don't get caught in the first place!"