Four-year-old Rylee holds onto the steering wheel inside the dump truck at the "Touch a Truck" event Saturday, Aug. 17 in the Frontier Mall parking lot in Cheyenne. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Horns blared throughout the parking lot of Frontier Mall on Saturday morning as kids and parents climbed inside construction vehicles for the “Touch a Truck” event.
Construction company Simon hosted the event Saturday, during which families could enjoy activities such as face and rock painting, bounce houses and a dunk tank. Around 13 trucks of varying sizes and utility were featured at the event, such as a skid steer loader, an asphalt roller, a dump truck, a monster truck, a fire engine and excavators. Attendees could climb inside the vehicles to explore their inner compartments and honk horns.
Saturday’s event marked the first “Touch a Truck” event, according to Stephen Cotton, safety manager with Simon and one of the event coordinators. The construction company is aiming to make Touch a Truck a yearly occurrence.
Partners with Simon lent the company their vehicles for the event. The city of Cheyenne also provided one of its fire engines.
A monster truck is parked at the “Touch a Truck” event Saturday, Aug. 17 in the Frontier Mall parking lot in Cheyenne. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)Two young boys explore the inner compartment of a construction vehicle at the “Touch a Truck” event Saturday, Aug. 17 in the Frontier Mall parking lot in Cheyenne. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)A boy tosses a ball at the dunk tank at the “Touch a Truck” event Saturday, Aug. 17 in the Frontier Mall parking lot in Cheyenne. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)A man goes for a splash in the dunk tank at the “Touch a Truck” event Saturday, Aug. 17 in the Frontier Mall parking lot in Cheyenne. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)A fire engine from the City of Cheyenne is shown with its ladder raised at the “Touch a Truck” event Saturday, Aug. 17 in the Frontier Mall parking lot in Cheyenne. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)A boy fiddles with the steering wheel of an asphalt roller at the “Touch a Truck” event Saturday, Aug. 17 in the Frontier Mall parking lot in Cheyenne. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)8-year-old Blake smiles for a photo while sitting inside a vehicle at the “Touch a Truck” event Saturday, Aug. 17 in the Frontier Mall parking lot in Cheyenne. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)Kids hop around inside one of the bounce houses at the “Touch a Truck” event Saturday, Aug. 17 in the Frontier Mall parking lot in Cheyenne. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)Attendees gather around a tow truck stationed at the “Touch a Truck” event Saturday, Aug. 17 in the Frontier Mall parking lot in Cheyenne. (Jared Gendron/Cap City News)
