We were fortunate enough today to be included in a wonderful
open house at the local Simplot Phosphate Mine.
It was a rainy and cloudy morning when we woke but we decided to take a
chance and try to find our way to the mine.
Our GPS didn’t recognize the address so we were sort of on our own for
finding our way up the mountain.
I am not sure how we did it, but after 20 – 30 minutes of
driving through rain on dirt roads we saw the sign for Simplot. Yea!
We actually found the place. We
didn’t know what to expect when we got there but there was a big tent and a lot
of people. We found our way to the big
tent and it was full of people eating burgers and wandering around.
By this time the rain had gone but the mud was very
present. We “muddled” through it and
enjoyed the display of huge, huge heavy equipment that is used in the mining of
the phosphate. This equipment was larger
than any I have ever seen before. One
tire was 9 feet, 5,500 pounds and $30,000!
We were disappointed that we didn’t get to see the actual
mining but it was a really fun interesting outing! Thank you, Simplot!!
1 comment:
Hi Suzie we really miss you but I love keeping up with you through your blog. What wonderful places you have been. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the pictures. Keep coming they are beautiful! ~ Michele
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