More than a thousand people found their way off Interstate 10 Sunday to get up-close and personal with dinosaurs and Optimus Prime, of Transformers fame — all for the price of a cookie and a brownie.
Visitors flocked to the Faith and Funky Junk Thrift Barn on the I-10 access road for a chance, for just $5, to pose with animals from the ancient past, and machines that symbolize a mechanized future. iHeart Cookies, home of the deep-dish cookie, sponsors this family-friendly event that travels around the country, entertaining and educating. The dinosaurs— a mixture of static rideable child-size statues, animatronics, and fully mobile — delighted the hundreds of young children (and the odd family dog) who arrived throughout the afternoon.
Faith and Funky Junk was happy to host the event because of its proximity to I-10 and its large parking lot.
