We've all done it.
Driven straight through rural Indiana without thinking about what we were passing by. Without any thought of the work, the people, or the way of life that exists there.
"Born and raised in Bruceville just up the road," Michael Robinson observed as he worked on the watermelon truck.
Bruceville used to be one of those "nothing to see here," no need to stop places.
"A little, old laid back town," Robinson added.
But all that changed when John Ivers started making noise - about designing a dream.
"They thought I was pretty much nuts," John Ivers said.
That is when the sparks of ingenuity began to fly.
"I want to build something cool that not everybody's got," Ivers revealed.
He built a backyard roller coaster called "The Blue Flash."
"You know, there are a lot of good engineers who design roller coasters, big coasters, but not in their backyard, you know," Ivers continued.
Without any prior experience, he collected, then welded, scrap metal into a 24-second thrill ride.
"This is the downhill, the downhill drop. The helix part of the ride, it's basically a circle," he said.
If all of this looks somewhat familiar to you, you shouldn't be surprised. We first came here to ride the Blue Flash 12 years ago but we did not come back this time just for a joyride.
No, we came back because of the sequel.
"Well you don't send a toddler through that loop, okay? But a toddler will do that one," Ivers explained.
"Blue Flash, Blue Too. Blue Flash, blue also," Ivers clarified.
"It could have been painted red, but we painted it blue, too," John's wife, Sharon, observed.
It's the kindler, gentler backyard coaster for the grandkids. You see, he built the first backyard coaster, as we told you, for his grandchildren, then.
"I realized when I got this one done, they were still toddlers. You don't send a toddler through that loop, okay. A toddler ain't gonna do that, but a toddler will do that one," he said.
So the sparks were flying again from inside the same shed that already serves as the incline for the Blue Flash.
"After the first one, I don't think anyone was surprised about the second one," Ivers told me as we sat in the seat of the kinder, gentler roller coaster.
"He came up to you and said, 'I think I will build a coaster' and you said?" we asked.
"I don't think this will be like playing in the mud. That came first," Sharon said.
"Then he came up and said, 'I think I want to build a second one' and you said?"
"Where are you going to put it?" Sharon admitted.
"It's got a short hill. The downhill and then it comes back around, a couple little bunny hops over there and it just comes back to the start," Ivers stated as the kiddie coaster coasted around the track.
"You build it and they will come. One of those kinds of things," Ivers contrasted.
The grandkids give it the ultimate roller coaster salute of two hands in the air and they are not alone.
"There have been people from Italy, Germany, London, Japan, Ireland," Sharon noted as she thumbed through the picture book she keeps about the coasters.
"NBC Today Show, National Geographic, Ripley's. We did two National Geographic shows," John continued.
"When you were riding the Blue Flash, you look like you are still having as much fun as you had 12 years ago when we were out here."
"I still do," he told me.
"So much bad news on the TV. I like to come out here and have fun, show everybody a good time. We've done that and it's been so much fun. So much fun," he continued.
"This is a good thing. It's about having a good time and it's about, if you want to do something there is a way to do it. Learn about it and do it," Sharon said.
They both admit they considered painting the new roller coaster red, but then decided against it, opting instead just to make it Blue Too.
