Thursday, October 1, 2009

We Rock!!

Yesterday we went on a field trip to a granite rock quarry which is about 20 minutes away from us. It was really interesting - and we all had a blast [no pun intended]! And, it was FREE! Icing on the cake ::grin::!!



They only ever blast at 10:30 in the morning. But for some strange reason, today they were blasting when we were there... 1:30ish. God is good! Our guide told us we'd feel the building shake - where she was doing her presentation - as they blasted... and boy, was she right! That was awesome!


I'll let the photos speak for themselves! Oh, and the weather was divine!
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Very interesting designs in some of these boulders...
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The water is that greeny-blue due to some mineral - which, I can't recall now. The water level in the pit is usually 50' - but after the flood of '09, it's now 30-35' higher.
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~Friends~
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Truck - $400K ~~~~~~ Tires - 35K ea.
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This was a great trip! Still bugging Paul that he didn't go ;)

7 comments:

MamaJen said...

Oooh - what wonderful pictures! Thank you for posting them - I even saw my kiddos in the background in one of them. It was a great time, and a beautiful day! :-)

Megan said...

Whatever! Glad ya'll had fun on your little field trip.

Signed,
The bitter Wisconsin woman who is missing all of her GA friends.

Sara said...

Cool trip! where is that?

Vicki said...

Love it! Great photos and title.

Vicki said...
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Vicki said...

Megan, we missed y'all too!

momto5minnies said...

COOL TRIP! I'm sure I've mentioned this, but your children have the most beautiful, expressive eyes ... especially those boys.