Polar Express

Yesterday, Gracie and I arose early and boarded a bus to Ohio.  We had tickets for the Polar Express train ride to the North Pole.  The ride to pick up other travelers took a little over two hours. Most of the other children and a few mothers arrived in their pajamas...we didn't.   I was afraid Gracie wouldn't be in the "Santa" spirit because she is ten...but she did well and fit in well with the other children.

When we arrived, we discovered that there was a Railroad Museum that we could tour...so we did.

After the tour, we ate lunch in the Depot Restaurant.  At 1:30pm we boarded the train.

We found our seat just before the conductor came to punch our tickets.

The hour and a half passed quickly, with the reading of the Polar Express,  a visit from Mrs Claus, Elf games, a snack of Hot Chocolate and cookies,  a visit from Santa, and singing of Christmas Carols.

HO! HO! HO!

(Should I mention here that Gracie told Santa she didn't want anything for Christmas?)



After the train ride, we headed back to Pittsburgh, stopping for dinner at a local restaurant.  It was a great day! Gracie and I finally returned home at 9pm.. we were so tired that we slept from 10pm til 8 the next morning.