Thomas Train & A Buggy Ride

Briant is usually very busy during the week with his internship.  It can be a little stressful and overwhelming for him at times. We aren't in Hershey too much longer this summer before we visit Idaho and Utah, so we are making it a point to do something every weekend.  There is so much to do here!  Today we decided to drive to Lancaster, PA.

We wanted to see the Amish farms and ride in a horse and buggy.  It just so happened to be right next to where the Thomas train was chugging past.  The Strasburg train is in Lancaster and the 15-23 of this month they were having Thomas pull the train. We have been debating on whether or not to go ride the Thomas train since Andrew does like Thomas.  We thought about going for his birthday.  But we decided he was a little too young still and he would enjoy it better just watching (plus that was free).

We pulled up just as Thomas was passing by.

Andrew watched intently... it scared him a little.

After that train passed and I saw another coming I hurried and
did something I've always wanted to do.  I put some coins on
the track to flatten them.

That train was the Strasburg train.

Check it out!  I've always wanted to test that out! It worked!

Andrew loved playing on the tracks.

The Thomas train comes every 30 minutes.
So we ended up seeing it again before we left on our buggy ride.

I could almost hear the song.... Their 2 their 4 their 6 their 8...

We saw lots of other horse and buggies going by as we waited.

For all the pictures I've taken at horse shows,
I was a little unhappy with pictures I took.
My timing was a little late.
I'm getting rusty.

Here are the horses pulling the Amish buggy.
The horses names were Mary (the white one on the left),
and Candy on the right.

We got some Amish homemade Root Beer.
I didn't really like it, it tasted too fermented.

Andrew liked it though.

This is Jacob, our tour guide.  He was very nice, and was
very open at explaining Amish ways.

One of the farms we saw.

This is Becky Ann his granddaughter.
She was so cute!

After we got back, we saw Thomas again!

shunting trucks and hauling freight......
red and green and brown and blue.........

And the miniature ponies.

And some farm animals.
Andrew loved the sheep.

There was a cool caboose hotel there too.

We followed the buggy for a few seconds on the way out.

It was a fun morning. Hurrah for Saturdays!