On the day of Andrew’s birthday, we had a big surprise for him. Daddy took the day off work and we were going as a family to ride a train. Andrew’s not necessarily a train fanatic, but he’s a fan of anything that “vrooms.” So I found out about an open-air diesel engine about an hour drive from our house that offered one-hour round trips and lucky for us one of their ride days was on his birthday!
There was a small little museum area to explore before we got on. Two or three train cars were set up with items in them that may have traveled by train back in the days when the train was the primary method of travel. (Leah was especially fascinated by the casket with a plastic skeleton in it.)
They climbed up high in the caboose car. Neither of them were too fond of heights.
Andrew said he didn’t have fun because he was a little scared. (He has been saying that a lot lately when you ask him if he had fun.) But he had a look of pure fascination on his face the majority of the time as the train rode through the woods. He looked to me like he was in little boy heaven. They both wanted to sit with Daddy most of the trip (which I don’t think he minded).
Even Abigail was fascinated with the wind blowing through her hair.
The train rode about 20 minutes out (there wasn’t much to see on the way, really, just woods), then the engine car detached, went around on an adjoining track, and attached to the other side of the cars to drive us back home. The kids were a little bored after we had stopped a few minutes to turn around but I think all in all they really did like it. If anything, they will remember it as a fun family trip for a long time to come.
(This is not the train we rode on, but it looks cool…)
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