I took Austyn to another museum. It was not far from the other one. There was a tour guide for this one. I found that although it was really cool to see more things live and working, the information that the guide had to give us at this museum was vague. We were able to get much more detailed information at the other museum.
This is a real gum bed. "Real" as in not put here by humans but naturally occurring and left alone to be viewed.
A wagon with a tank on it was always nearby to ship the oil to the train.
This is the old way of drilling for oil.
This is the storage tank. We could walk up and look in. They also separate the water from the crude oil here.
This was a favourite place for Austyn. Again... we may need to try and make a model or the jerker line and how it works with our K'nex.
One nice thing about a small-town museum is that Austyn was able to get close up and personal with a very old typewriter and now knows why Shift is on our keyboard and why it's named what it is. I think mechanical things are his thing! He loves to figure out how things work.
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