Only in a small town...

Learning about Georgia Pacific paper mill.

So, on the note of community workers (see previous post), the 2nd graders (at some of the schools) up here get to walk to downtown Camas and meet a lot of our "community workers". We started our trip at Georgia Pacific (think all your boxes of copy paper) with a little information about the paper mill; then headed over to Westlie Ford, the oldest car dealership in the area; then on to Lutz Hardware, just a neat, old, hardware store where they gave all the kids a "key" to the city (very cute!); then on to meet a policeman and tour his police car; on to the firestation, where let me say the firemen were very nice and showed the kids every aspect of the fire truck and the ambulance (no fire pole though - they no longer have one... we asked!); onto Riverview Bank, a very old bank in Camas where they have drive-thru tellers, and will give dog bones or lollipops to whoever is in your car when you drive thru, where the kids got to go into the vault, which they thought was really cool; then on to City Hall where they got a 1-on-1 with the mayor and all got his autograph (very funny!); and finally on to the library where we had lunch and then toured the library. It was pretty fun! A bit of a lot of walking, and a tiny bit drizzly, but fun for all! Only in a small town!