More Utah Vacation - Kennecott Copper Mine

So I might be just a little behind on my blog and have a few minutes so decided to start updating again. On August 8th we headed up to Kennecott Copper Mines with my Family to continue with our Family Reunion. What a unique place. Here's a few facts I learned that day:

• If you stretched out all the roads in the open pit mine, you'd have 500 miles of roadway - enough to reach from Salt Lake City to Denver.
• The trucks that haul the ore are larger than many houses and weigh more than a jumbo jet. They stand over 23 feet tall and can carry from 255 to 360 tons of rock.
• The truck driver rides about 18 feet above the ground -- nearly two stories high.
• The mine is so big, it can be seen by the space shuttle astronauts as they pass over the United States.

My Dad, Harley, Avery and Kylie

One of the very large trucks they use to haul the copper

This is a comparison picture - the tiny white truck is a full size pickup you'd see on public roads

All the grandkids plus Aunt Deena and Uncle Kevin. That is the actual sized tire used on the large trucks

Our little family