What to do on a hot summer day...pool, park, shopping....how about a trip to the Kennecott Bingham Canyon Mine? Probably the most random family outing you could imagine. Randy was certain that it would be the coolest thing we've ever seen. After all, it is one of the only man made structures on earth seen from outer space, next to the Great Wall of China. Randy definitely has some of his dad and grandma in him. I have to give it to him, we had fun, and it was something different to do. Hank had a great time seeing the massive trucks and learning about what copper does. Try explaining that to a three year old who asks five thousand questions.
This is the size of the tires on the massive trucks they use at the mine. They cost $20,000 each and the trucks that use these tires carry 355 tons of rock and dirt in one trip. (I pay attention! NERD ALERT)
It really is quite amazing how huge this actually is...who knew this was only 20 min away?
Hank was too cool to put his arms in the air like daddy and Max.
I'm not sure who got more excited about the trucks, Randy or Hank. I found these pictures Randy took of the trucks when I wasn't paying attention.
Cute, what a little boy at heart!
Cute, what a little boy at heart!
After we saw a fifteen minute movie about the mine and walked through the visitors center, of course we had to check out the gift shop. We talked Hank out of a $99.00 dump truck and he settled on a hard hat with a light on it. Oh, and a little pouch of colorful rocks.
Our kids can never claim we don't do anything fun!
4 comments:
Hmmm... Maybe we will have to take Madi and Jackson. Madi might get a kick out of that and like Randy, Gary is still a kid at heart. I'm sure he'd love to see the big trucks too! Thanks for the great idea.
oh, my husband isn't a kid at all.... and random? noooooo. i think he was genuinely jealous of your field trip.
I totally forgot about that place. I need to take my kids there. How fun.
you know what nmy favorite thing about your trip was?? Hank explaining it to Lynn and I! Oh man! He's a funny like fetcher!
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