Quarry Quest

Patrick loves big trucks and anything even close to large machinery.  To fuel this love, I took him to Neenah, for Quarry Quest.  It's a large working quarry that is set up into many different stations/area for you to explore and learn.  You can learn some basic geology and even some chemistry (mixing concrete) and history (cave paintings).

The big attraction for Patrick was the excavators.  He was so excited to be able to sit in and "drive" one.  He waited patiently for 45 minutes for his turn that lasted maybe 2 minutes.

Thankfully for Mama, right next to the lines for the diggers were large sand piles for the children to dig in.  That really helped Patrick wait for his turn. 

There was so much to do that we didn't get to it all, not even half of it.  We did so a rock painting and dug for fool's gold.  We were also able to ride in the back of a large dump truck filled with rocks.  You couldn't get a picture of the truck but I did take one with Patrick sitting on the rock waiting to go.

I'm planning to take the boys back next year, this time with at least one more adult to help watch the boys.  Colin was fine, but some times I had a hard time keeping up with Patrick.