A Day with Thomas the Tank Engine

Ok, it has been a while since my last post. Well I have not had too much to say lately, and we have not done a whole lot the past few weeks.

Our summer officially began today. Amy's last day at school was last Thursday, and she only worked 2 hours and got to leave. Her last day with kids was last Tuesday. I have this week off myself, and have two other weeks off later this summer as well.

Today we traveled to a quaint and historic town call Stratsburg, PA. For those like me, who were not aware of this town, I don't know if its famous for much, but has a nice historic main street with old buildings. More importantly, he has a nice railroad station. Thomas the Tank Engine is there this week. It is a huge thing. You can actually ride on a coach car pulled by Thomas. Plus there is all sorts of other activities, and just about every type of Thomas merchandise and memorablilia you can choose from. We got there early, like 8:45. We purchsed tickets ahead to ride Thomas at 9:45.

Nathan had a blast. He was real cute waving to other kids on the trains, and visa versa, when he was on the train and other kids were watching from the side.

Nathan got to ride on a Thomas Steam Tank Engine train, an old black steam locomotive, a miniature steam engine, and a little hand crank trainlike care for kids.

It was a real nice time. Definately worth taking any fan of the Thomas thing. Oh, I just remember one thing the are might be famous for: while on the train, the announcer said that the Turkey Farm on the left was the oldest in the U.S.