Snyder: Thunder Mountain Train Ride

My brother gave us a train ride pass last year and we had found it and decided to take our boys for a fun train ride. The train ride started up in Horseshoe Bend and it took us all the way up to Banks, Idaho. It was a really cute old train. I imagaine in its day it was quite the ride. The boys got such a thrill riding it. It was a lot of fun to watch them enjoy it.
The ride started at 1:30 p.m. so that meant that our kids missed out on their naps. We got to sit outside under the owning and enjoy the beautiful scenery. There were quite a few kayakers and rafters. It was fun and everyone was so friendly. They all stopped to wave hello to all the passengers on the train.
I am not sure if Keaton got a little disappointed. I think he was hoping for more the of the Polar Express experience but he still had a good time. He really had fun running around and exploriing. It is really hard for my kids to sit still for a 3 hours train ride. I personally thought the train ride was alittle too long but we still had a great time. The train was called Thunder Mountain Line. It has been up and running for quite a few years. It was fun to learn alittle bit about Idaho history from an older woman reading from the travel book about all the different little things along the way. It must have been senior citizen day or something because most of the passengers on that train were pretty old. Unless that is what the elderly do, go on train rides to remember the good ole days.
After the ride was over we loaded the boys up and they feel asleep pretty fast. It wore them out quite abit. On the way home Lance dropped me off at the Stake Center to meet up with family and friends for the Relief Society Meeting. It was fun helping out with Humanitarian efforts and then a light dinner was served. I guess you could call it "dinner and a movie!"
Here are some fun pictures from our day trip.
the boys had a great time running back and forth from the carts