We did go to Parks & Recreation's Tons of Trucks event last night, in spite of the miserable weather - mid-40s and spitting rain, but at least no more hail. (Reminded me of Ireland, except that I was dressed for it this time, instead of chilled to the bone.) They had a good turn-out, considering the weather, both from spectators and trucks.
They had a few tons of trucks and tractors there, plus one boat from the Conservation Department (or Fish & Wildlife, I forget). There were even a few fish to look at near the boat, live catfish and sturgeon. Pretty neat. UPS, FedEx, and USPS had trucks there, MFA had a gas delivery truck, the Bookmobile was there, plus a fire engine with the tower extended. State and county police vehicles, the Red Cross, HazMat, a school bus (with the alarm going off), one of those semi-trailer-sized tow trucks. Trucks everywhere! Then there was a whole section with tractor-type stuff, mostly from the Parks & Rec garage that was right next door - mowers, backhoes, a ditch witch, the whole nine yards.
El Burrito didn't get as excited as I thought he would, but I think he had a good time anyway. Probably had something to do with being cold and missing part of a nap yesterday. It's just that fire trucks and police cars and massive quarry-size dump trucks apparently aren't as much fun as Grandpa's Truck. If they do this again next year, we'll go again, and I think he may have more fun, since he'll be big enough to climb around a little more. Right now, I think he's most impressed with the tow truck-shaped keychain freebie we got.
It was a fun trip, in spite of the weather, and I took a bunch of pictures so El Burrito has something to look at besides the dozen shots of Grandpa's Truck that I took at Easter.
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