Something interesting down there?
At the Paccar Open House - Big pretty blue Kenworth
Paccar open house - BIG yellow Kenworth (tires were almost as tall as Josh!)
A few weeks ago, we all went to the Open House at Paccar--they only do this once a year, and apparently it is a big deal because there were TONS of people there, and they had a sheriff and Search & Rescue checking cars as they came through the front, barbed-wire gate. I hadn't ever heard of Paccar, but I guess they do testing, diagnostics, and technology work for large trucks (Semis, large equipment, firetrucks, etc.)--it was actually pretty cool! We met up with a friend from work, Danielle, and her hubby and little one--thanks Danielle, for inviting us and cluing us in on what turned-out to be a pretty interesting place. They had big balloons, fire-fighter hats, and a coloring area for the kids--Jade also got the opportunity to sit in the fire-truck driver seat, but she almost started crying... I guess we can cross fire-fighter off her list of things she wants to be when she grows up! But we did get a nice printed picture of a pretty purple semi with her name on it. They also had lots of pretty, brand-new semis--including some Hybrids--and lots of antique trucks as well. The coolest part was inside where they did all of the testing--they had big vibrating/shaking machines testing cabs and front-ends of semis... it was so weird to see such big equipment shaking and moving so much! There was also a "deep-freeze" machine that could build-up frost on the equipment being tested at something like 1 foot every 1/2 hour--also very "cool" (haha--get it? "Cool" like cold?) Unfortunately, my brief description is all I can share--no pictures were allowed in those areas... but trust me, so neat!
I also included some pictures from the park that same weekend--Josh was SO EXCITED to finally get to spend some time with Jade, and I kept making them pose and "say cheese". We have been to the park/playground at least once a weekend since he has been done with the turnaround--Jade goes to the swing in between every slide or "rock wall"... she's a little obsessed with the swing :)
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