Department of Sanitation Open House

I went to this open house a few weeks ago and am just now getting around to telling you about it. I know that it doesn't sound exciting, but it was. They had a bunch of garbage trucks and kids like me (and some sad middle aged men) could watch them work and climb inside them to honk the horn and pull some levers. It was really cool, but I have a hard time remembering that they are called garbage trucks - I keep calling them dump cars. I was both facinated and terrified of the dump cars and a few weeks later, I still am.