Bingham Copper Mine...Check

My wonderful Aunt Jean has been trying to check off some sights around Utah that she goes by all of the time and never stops at. A couple of months ago she went to the Golden Spike Monument (where the east railroad met the west railroad), and today it was the Bingham Copper Mine. We had a fun group with us. My sister Tricia and her four kids, Aunt Jean and Aunt Jane, and my Uncle Reed. It was perfect.


Here is Hallie, Eliza, Abbie, Jace, Natalie, Jack and Aiden in front of the big 12 foot tire. Each tire costs $25,000, each truck has six and the tires last about a year. (Aren't you glad I read the sign?)



Here are Aiden, Hallie, Abbie and Jace looking at different rocks underneath microscopes.

Here is Jack admiring the shovels. I think he really liked them. :)

Here are Jace, Eliza, Aiden and Hallie in front of the big mine.

Here is the HUGE hole. It is so deep it can be seen from space. It's true, I saw the picture in the visitor center. Although I wasn't as impressed as I thought I would be when I saw the picture, I was expecting something grander. But it was still neat.

Here are Jean and Jane with Russell, Jack, Abbie and Eliza. My aunts are the BEST. They are so sweet and kind and they tend to spoil all of us rotten. :) They let the kids all pick out a souvenir from the gift shop. The kids thought that was awesome. Thanks Jean and Jane!

Here is Jack checking things out below.

He liked the big trucks, and he liked climbing the rail.

After the mine we grabbed some food at Chick-Fil-A (My other sis Megan and her husband Kenny met us there-my sister's LOVE Chick-Fil-A!). And after lunch this was Eliza. She as so sad...

And then so was Jack. This photo is blurry, but it shows the fun times in the car on the way home!

Jean said the next stop may be Cascade Springs. Who's packing the picnic?!