Pop's Work

We took a little field trip a few weekends ago to my Dad's work. We knew the kids would get a kick out of it and I hadn't been there in a long time.  My Dad works for King County,  at the solid waste division.  It is essentially the place where ALL the garbage is taken  for all of King County.  He works within the office that manages the operations. There is hundreds of trucks there and Carter got a huge thrill out of seeing them so up close. Chloe did also but not nearly as much as our boy he is  obsessed with anything that has wheels.

 

On top of one of the old 'pits'  that is now full and filled with compacted garbage. They dig these gigantic holes and fill them with millions of tons of trash.  It just looks like a big grassy hill that has a beautiful view of Mt. Rainer. Also surprisingly it doesn't smell at all there. They actually trap the gasses that are emitted from the decomposition and through an intricate piping system (you can see some of it in the picture above) they funnel the gas out to make  energy....very interesting. 

There are tons of wild deer that essentially live there because there is so much green grass for them to eat.