Popcorn, balloons, and heavy equipment

Various pieces of heavy equipment including hydro trucks

Every year, the City of Waterloo Public Works Service Centre has an open house. This year’s event was today, and my boys and I made the short trip to the centre this morning. It’s an amazing event at which kids can ride in a swing shovel or front-end loader and dig gravel, take a trip in a dump truck, go up high in the bucket of a hydro truck from Waterloo North Hydro, or explore a fire truck. There’s much more too. Add a few hot dogs for lunch and our morning was perfect.

From what I understand, the staff all volunteer their time to be there, and everyone seems to have fun. I’ve been taking my kids for years and I enjoy it immensely. Thanks to all of you who make this event happen — your effort and commitment makes living and working in Waterloo that much more fun.