If I haven’t said it before we had a really fun weekend. In addition to going to a fur trade rendezvous and seeing a very nice fireworks display so close we could see the little man walking back and forth in a cloud of smoke our family took their first train ride together.

The local Kiwanis club was offering rides as a fundraiser. We got on the first ride. There on an air conditioned passenger car (the green and yellow one) and a caboose that was not air conditioned and very popular.

I let the my parents and the older children ride in the caboose while Proeun, Mavis and I rode in the passenger car.

Two wasn’t happy with that decision, and still upset when we got back to camp. It is so hard when we disappoint our children! But after a few hugs and kisses and listening to how he felt he was better.

Our tickets.

Two running for the train. Do you think he’s excited?

View from the window–the paper company on Dunlap island. Kind of puts all our paper use in perspective. 

While my parents had ridden trains before for my little family it was our first time, and very cool.