the nuclearness of it all

last month, the nuclear power plant that my dad works at had a family day. awesome. they were able to give tours and we got to learn about the plant. since 9/11 we haven't been able to tour the plant due to security reasons and so this was the first year that we could go, and i haven't been since i was younger. what a great time. my dad, rachel, bryan and i went with dwain and caroline and had a blast. this is the cooling tower... a spot where we had a long and lengthy discussion about who changes the lights at the top of it.... well, apparently it has to be someone with no reservations about heights... or staring down to your death. you see, you climb the ladder quite a ways up... until the cooling tower starts to flare out... then you flip yourself around (as you can see near the top the change in ladders) and you climb facing outward. yep... that's right... you climb facing away from the tower. rachel and i expressed our horror and probably talked about this the most. dwain and my dad had many conversations about how the plant actually operates, many of which i have already forgotten. still, it was a great time to spend with my dad. he is awesome and i was so grateful to be able to spend the day with him learning. and many thanks to nana for watching all the kiddos!