Train Tour and Christmas in July

Yesterday Erin and kids and myself went to the Christmas Carol Train Tour at the Amtrak station in town. Thank you Andy for telling us about it. I had driven by the night before and saw the train and just knew that it was going to be a fun adventure. We entered through the big train station which was fun in itself. They presented us a train ticket which had a barcode on for use in the train to do our face pictures. We walked on the south side of the station down to the Christmas Train and there was a small line forming already. As we were waiting, two real trains pulled into the station and that was really fun for the kids to see. They are so big and massive. We waved to the engineers as they passed by & they waved back to us. As we waited in line, there was snow falling on us (I think this picture is actually the snow machine.) It reminded me of the snowfall in Disneyland. All of this made the waiting more fun. As we climbed into the train they punched our ticket and we entered inside. Most people were very accomodating and patient with one another and there were plenty of viewing tv's for everyone to see. I think it was worth our time and where else can you have Christmas in July!