I got a phone call this morning(Thursday) from our scout leader, she had heard on the radio about the Salem park having lots of free stuff today. All we needed to do was bring some canned food and then walk around and play/learn about the cities "public works" crews. They had all there equipment out and was cleaned up for the kids to handle and ask questions about it. So I made some phone calls to the parents in our troop, to see who all could make it. Well Wendy wasn't sure if they were going to make it and Calista was more than ready to go and start the day. So we went and had them follow us to Salem to start the day.
The kids wanted to get face painted but only Sam and Kellen got it on the face, the others got it on the arm. The boys wanted lizards and sam got a softball.
When we got there the first thing we did was drop off our canned food and head towards the first booth. It was the water pipe fixers. They had the color codes up for when they would paint lines on the road. I knew that I wouldn't remember so I took a picture of the list.
The next station was about the sewer lines, and how they break up the roots that have grown into it. They have the drill bit spinning at 2,000 rpms and one has a chain attached. Can you imagine the rip factor on that baby!
The next station was with a robot that they send into the pipes to see what is in them before they descend. It is so awesome, they let the kids move it and use the camera.
The next few stops we made were at some big machines with no body standing guard. So we made some reasonable guesses. One was a snow plow, the next was a bucket truck to get up high, not so sure about a couple of the last ones.
We found this giant Chinook sitting on the lawn and the kids were invited to go inside of it. They loved it inside, they would have stayed in there for a lot longer than I let them I am sure of it.
We found this giant Chinook sitting on the lawn and the kids were invited to go inside of it. They loved it inside, they would have stayed in there for a lot longer than I let them I am sure of it.
The kids wanted to get face painted but only Sam and Kellen got it on the face, the others got it on the arm. The boys wanted lizards and sam got a softball.
They had this scoop with a bouncey ball attached to it for the adults to try to knock over some bowling pins in order in the shortest amount of time. The kids got to get hard hats and a picture while sitting up in the cab. I have a polaroid of them that i will post later.
The next thing we did was to go to the tent, it was filled up with informative tables of things to look at and to have. I did some talking with a few of the people and at one I have a tour ready for us. All we need to do is call and set a time, it is about the new Natural Reclamation Systems. They have a hike that is a little more than a mile, and has tons of plants and animals for the boys to see. I think she said that they have papers that the boys will have to find and locate the certain plants and label them. I am really excited.
We were getting tired and decided to have lunch, it was free, hot dogs, chips and sodas.
When we were done we were headed to the park and got detoured by the giant sprinkler/practice broken main pipe. It was pretty hot out so it made for some well needed cooling off. I even ran through it a few times. When we were done we bee lined to the park and played until it was time to leave.
It was so much fun and to have great company with us was a bonus. I couldn't of asked for a better day.
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