Caterpillar Museum: Part 2 – Playing with Caterpillars


Peoria, IL, July 2026

Part 2 is all about playing on the equipment and selfies. I enjoyed climbing into the machinery the most. The sad part was that in many cases my feet barely touched the peddles.

You’ll notice my feet don’t really touch :-).

They also had 5 game type machines were you were trained on how to use a piece of machinery and had to do a task. Since John is better with games than me, he did this part.

Every good place must have a face picture board.

Additional equipment I jumped into like a young kids in the museum and played with. My inner youth came out.

On the Mini Excavator

On the Caterpillar 10. To the right of the equipment was a yellow box to assist kids and myself with getting in and out. This was not an easy piece of equipment for entry and exit.

Before leaving, John and I played a game where we had to be foreman and decide what equipment to use for the job. We were rated and given 4 task to complete; we picked correctly 3 out of 4 times.

Every good museum must have a store. Like most stores the items were extremely overpriced.

When we arrived, it was raining. Upon leaving the rain had dissipated and we were able to take pictures of the surrounding area. Mostly, I needed pictures for the postcard :-).

I had a wonderful time spending the day with John and playing like a little kid.

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