Kennecott

This whole week Kennecott had free admission to go see the copper mine.  We had been before but not for a couple of years so on Monday, we figured we would go again.  It was a fun day, there were lots of people there but we kinda expected that,  even some people from our neighborhood.  The kids really enjoyed seeing the huge dump trucks and all the other massive equipment that they have there.

In front of the huge tire to the huge dump truck, Ashton was amazed that just the tires were this big.

Lexie telling Ashton something she learned from a school trip earlier this year.  She knew tons of stuff from coming with her class.

Looking over the edge at the mine.

Abbie playing with samples of some of the stuff they pull out of the mine.

Lexie and Jake learning about copper together, this happened a lot, they would stop to look at something closer and I would end up chasing after Ashton and Abbie as they continued on. It was fun to see them interacting like this though, Lexie interested in what her Dad was interested in.

Standing by one of the monuments to the early mine.

How they did it in the early days, can you imagine how long it took to mine anything with these little carts compared to what they have now.