Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Who wants to blow the whistle?

Wales West Railway in Silverhill, Alabama- out in the pumpkin patch
You board the train which is a real coal burning steam engine, like Thomas the Train.
This engine called Dame Ann is from Wales and was used as a working engine, it is one of only 20 in the United States still running regularly



Then you pick a train car, covered in cobwebs, and little witches, they covered us with blankets, since the weather was in the mid 50's. We rode the train along past a graveyard, robots, a Welsh looking Bavarian building and then past a small pond.





You arrive 7 minutes later at a small haunted house in a barn and a pumpkin patch with tiny pumpkins for the kids to choose from. Emma was in search of the tiniest pumpkin, while Reece wanted a perfectly round one with a twisty stem. Adeline was scared and nervous the entire train ride and never cracked a smile, until they gave us juice and molasses cookies at the rides end.












Once you found your pumpkin they had decorating table with pom poms, feathers and bone ABC letters.




While eating our cookies they had this cool car rail, big enough for tons of kids to play on























When we got off of the train, the conductor asked " Who wants to blow the whistle?"
Since we were in the first car behind the engine, Emma jumped at the chance.














1 comment:

Robin said...

love these pictures. too bad you can't send out halloween cards instead of christmas cards and include these photos.