Abby's class at school is called the "Busy Builders", so when the notice for a field trip came home to go to the Vulcan Quarry, I wasn't surprised. The quarry charters a small bus for the kiddos to ride down into the quarry and they get to watch out the windows as the trucks do their thing. Apparently this quarry was established in the 80s and there is enough rock left to continue mining the quarry for 85 more years! It was very interesting, even for the parents to watch the large chunks get loaded into dump trucks for the ride up to the top of the quarry and then unloaded into crushers. The rock eventually is used in road construction work. Abby loved the fact that there was a female dump truck driver and the manager giving the tour said she is the only female...but the best driver he has!
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