Today we rode the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad for the first time. What a hidden treasure it is! I can't believe I have lived in Cleveland my entire life and never made it out for a ride. It took a train-obsessed 2 year old to get us there, I guess!
Jack' response was interesting-- he was very excited to get to the train, and about the idea of a train ride, but once we were on the train he kept asking "where is the train? Where train tracks are?" It was a very abstract notion for him that we were ON the train, thus could not SEE the train. He had a good time, though, and Nat and I were simply charmed by the ride and the wonderful retirees volunteering on the train. Our conductor was a retired Hiram prof--small world!
We tood the train to the Peninsula station and explored there for a while. Jack really liked watching the train pull out of the station.... to make the day even more wonderful, there was a bike shop right there next to the train station-- trains and bikes both in the space of a few hours! :)
It turned out to be a lovely sunny day to walk around Peinsula, eat at Fishers, and enjoy the scnery on the way home. We topped the day off with a walk through our own snow convered neightborhood, to Starbucks. It was delightful to be outdoors in the crispy-cold night.
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