Train Ride

We took the Fall Foliage Excursion train from Bellefonte to the Sayers Dam in Howard.  The trip was sponsored by the Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society.  Despite the drizzly day and colors past their prime, we had a good time.  We sat in the caboose on bunks twice as wide as Amtrak's. We only had to share the cabin with 2 other families so we all had plenty of space.
The engine near us was a Nittany & Bald Eagle; the caboose was a Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) refurbished car with an oil heater that really put out.

Amtrak to Roselle and back

Heard anytime from Miss E: Wha'cha doin, Oma? How ya doin, Oma?

Apr 9 Tyrone-Pgh

• Learned how to play Uno

Ap 10 Pgh to Chi

Ap 11 Naperville Children's Museum
Ap 12 Lego Land at Woodfield

Ap 13 Morton Arboretum Children's Garden

Ap 13 Chi to Pgh

• Heard after lights out from Miss E:  Oma's naked.  The train is wiggly. Mommy has boogies.

Ap 14 Pgh to Tyrone

Prince Cheeks' visit

We tested the play loft, even without railings:  the trains work very well on the wide open space and the knee-wall provides a wonderful fox-hole diversion, even without the doors. The sun warmed the window seat nicely.  Since today is the first day of spring and we were sitting on the window seat at noon, we have a good idea that the sun will not shine in too strongly in the summer.

Opa and Jonathan (in the Kubuta Orange Chicken hat) move a few rocks with the big tractor.

We played with puzzles, looked for fossils in the meadow, collected chicken eggs, and Jonathan slept in the foxhole (Oma's closet) with his bear-in-the-woods sleeping bag.