Last Saturday, we had the kickoff event for Grandma Camp Christmas. And IT WAS A DOOZIE...Thank goodness for my friend Bonnie Britten, who posted it on Facebook. It is the Polar Express -- an actual train ride...and it's in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
SIGN ME UP!!
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| Warren could not be more excited!! |
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| Lilly and I wore our Ugly Sweaters!! |
Fortunately, Uncle Ross is going with us. So Lilly sat up front with Ross, and Warren and I were in the back seat.
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| This is how he plays Bananagrams...(it was a 3 hour car ride)
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| Once we arrived, we took some pictures in the gazebo. |
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| It was a beautiful day!! |
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| We picked up our envelope, and got our souvenir tickets. |
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| There were some perfect climbing trees behind the Train Depot |
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| Uncle Ross did NOT like this pre-show activity. |
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| The people were arriving...EVERY SEAT WAS SOLD OUT IN TWO DAYS. |
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| They do this event three weekends in December...so that's 5,000 tickets sold. |
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| The train was coming into the station, blowing it's whistle... |
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| The conductors were dressed up, just like in the movie. |
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| Ross put Warren up on his shoulders so he could see the train. |
Our tickets said we were on the "Candy Cane" car. This was SO EXCITING...I worried that the event itself cannot live up to the hype....
We have a Polar Express Train here too! It's about 45 minutes south of me towards Mt. Rainier. Unfortunately, we have never been able to go due to schedule conflicts.
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