One summer day in the late 90's, when we still lived in Lancaster, TX I was driving our Mercury minivan to the post office ( or maybe it was the old library? ) when I saw something unusual: a small Ferris wheel over the rooftops in the town square, where half of the buildings were destroyed in the great Lancaster tornado of 1995. I decided to check it out and parked right next to what looked like a carnival setup. I took the kids out of their car seats and we started walking towards the somewhat deserted rides and stalls, which really puzzled me - there were no parents or children, just a few jugglers and clowns. Were they not opened yet? Next, I saw cameras, realized we weren't supposed to be there and grabbed the kids telling them that what we saw was a filming set, not a real carnival. As I was pulling out of the parking lot, I drove past Chuck Norris in his "Walker, Texas Ranger" garb, sipping from a water bottle. He probably was not aware of what happened, he seemed content and I hope we showed up as they were wrapping up the filming for the day.
