August 10, 2010

In Recent News

While on vacation in Alabama this summer, we took a tour of the Mobile Press Register, the daily newspaper from south Alabama. They had just recently added a new press, so we called to see if we could take a look. They were printing while we were there, and it was a fascinating process.

After the tour was over, I sent them this photo of Caleb, and they published it and ran this story. He got quite a kick out of seeing himself in the paper.

Newspaper clipping:

Here’s a closeup of the text of the article:

Funny followup

The day after the above article ran, an anonymous reader wrote this comment in the “Sound Off” section:

What’s so wrong about watching football games too?

Our quirky hobby:

Going on factory tours is one of Caleb’s favorite things, and it’s becoming a hobby for all of us. We’ve toured a Hyundai assembly plant, a waste water treatment facility, a grist mill, a dairy farm, a peach packaging plant, air shows, the Mayfield ice cream factory, and the US Treasury Department of Engraving and Printing.