Truck Day 2012

It's that time of year again-- that second Sunday in September when Eliot get's the most excitement of the year; Truck Day in Burlington.  This year we made the best mistake ever. One of the ads for Truck Day said it started at 9:00AM which is the ad that I read.  Apparently, all the other ads said that Truck Day started at 10:00AM, which is the time it actually started, but we went right at 9:00AM and about half of the trucks were already there and ready... and so were we!  It was perfect! No crowds, no lines, no loud honking horns from over-eager children (like there was when we left at 10:30)-- like I said: perfect!

Eliot had his usual fun time going from truck to truck.  He got to go up in a few.  He taught us about a few, explaining what they were, what they did, and why they had certain parts, etc.  At one point, one man (a truck driver) helped Eliot onto and into a truck and taught Eliot about a truck that he didn't know about.  I forget exactly what it was.... something about water, maybe sewer water... they had cameras they put under water and they watched from the truck.  I think Ted actually might have been more interested than Eliot about that one. 

At 10:00AM, we ran into some familiar faces (people who actually got there on time). 

 Before we left, Eliot really wanted to see his buddy, Mr. (Kevin) McGuire, who was the man who had an article written about him in the paper last year.  Gramma had found it and showed it to Eliot and Eliot had stated quite clearly that he wanted to meet him. He was going to be at Truck Day last year with his bulldozers.  Eliot wanted to see if we could find him again this year so we went to see if we could find him.  Not remembering what he looked like, I asked a man from the same organization if he knew Mr. McGuire and found out that I was speaking to him.  I was only slightly embarrassed.  We chatted with him a while, he gave Eliot another truck magazine and I bought a truck DVD from his table for Eliot (which Eliot loves!).  Eliot was sad to learn that his bulldozers weren't there this year, but he posed for a photo and we were off.... until next year :)