Truck Touch in D.C.

To start off this Father's Day weekend in a very manly sort of way, we took the girls and my mom to an annual event in D.C. called Truck Touch.  It's a little kids dream come true!  You know the garbage truck that they're enamored with each week on trash day?  Or the back hoe they see the construction worker using on the side of the road, loading and dumping dirt?  Or perhaps the more obvious fire truck they see screaming down the city streets with its sirens blaring, rushing to a call?  Well at this event, they get to climb inside, on, around the likes of these types of vehicles...and honk their horns like crazy!  Like enough to give the common man/woman a blaring headache; but to see the joy on their faces, to actually get to touch these vehicles, it's well worth the noise pollution! :0)

The first truck Olivia went to was an ice truck, used to deice the major highways around the metro area.  It was funny because my mom saw the plaque on the door that said it's powered by Mercedes-Benz, then quipped, "Man would I be disappointed if I was told I was getting a Mercedes-Benz and then they hand me the keys to this!"

 

 

 

As soon as Olivia climbed down out of the police vehicle above, she booked it to the Hazardous Devices Unit vehicle (equivalent to USAF EOD).  Once in the driver's seat, she laid on the horn like she was rushing to a call!  Then she was accompanied by Lauren to check out the back of the truck, which included a plated alley-way interior and a robot!

 

 

 

Lauren told us she was fixing her robot ;)



We were able to see so many "trucks", and the girls ran around to the different vehicles so quickly, that I barely had enough time to snap a photo before they were off and running to the next best thing.  So here's my picture montage to capture the rushed-kid chaos that was Truck Touch!

 

Such a happy waste disposal worker!

The "sewer sucker" showing how well it sucks!

 

The Metro Police were so sweet in letting her sit on their motorcycle!

There was a man doing a demonstration here that seemed very random, but super fun! He was doing back flips with the kids and literally throwing them in the air mid turn.  Lauren loved it and did it over and over and over...until we forced her to move on.

 

 And of course we had to see the fire trucks!  The Police Chief was even there handing out plastic firemen hats, which of course are always a big hit.  Lauren liked to wear her hat both ways, mostly backwards to keep the sun out of her eyes.

It was a warm day, so lucky for us they had a misting tent...which we had to eventually pull Lauren and Olivia away from too. 

 

 

We also had free snow cones, were given free water bottles, free popcorn, free books...What a wonderful free event! AND we didn't even have to pay for parking (unheard of in D.C. area)!  Looking forward to this event again next year!