It was Fall Family Day at the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum. This is a once a year event with free admission, many interactive exhibits just for the kids and a lot of friendly volunteers. This was my first visit to the museum and I was impressed. I was a bit of an amateur rockhound growing up and Alex has inherited the love of rocks. He had a great time and brought home a lot of stuff.
While I'm not thrilled that it's a bit congratulatory of the joys of strip mining by companies like ASARCO, the museum is really more about rocks than mining. They have a very nice collection of many rare and valuable rocks and minerals.
Wrapped up the day with lunch at the Original Hamburger Works at 15th Ave and Thomas in Phoenix. Great non-chain restaurant with grilled burgers made to order at a reasonable price. You add your own fixings. I tried something I hadn't had before today ... a grilled chicken breast with a wheat bun and hot sauce. Yum.
4 comments:
Holy crap is that a 30 foot cactus next to your wife and son inside the tractor digging thinger?
lol. Yes.
It looks like you guys went to Giantville.
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