We went to both this year.We went to the Tulip festival early to avoid the traffic jam and arrived there around 10 am. It was nice and peaceful. By the time we left the tulip field (around 11:30 am) - it was crowded already.
Afterwards, we headed to the Paccar Open House close by. It is nice. It's kid friendly but it's also entertaining for us adults (engineers). As soon as we enter, my kids were busy checking out and asking other visitors about the components in the truck engines displayed in the receptionist.
And off course, they saw someone holding a balloon and they wanted one too. So we had to go to the kids area where they have truck theme coloring sheet, trucks printed with your name, and miniature truck to take your kids' picture.
On the grown up section, my husband checked their factories and their labs. Gosh - Their mpg goal is 10 mpg. I mean, my diesel car runs on 39 mpg.
And last but not least, the kids gotta go up in the big trucks. EVERYBODY should go to Paccar Open House and there will be LESS JACKKNIFE accidents on the road. They have an area set up for us to show how much the truck's driver see from their seat. It's amazingly scary. how little they can see. It made me respect all truck drivers.
Here is the link to Paccar Open House:
http://www.paccar.com/company/PTC_open_house.asp
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