This past weekend my family and I went to New Hope Valley Railway http://www.nhvry.org/ for our first train ride.  We climbed aboard the No. 17 Steam Engine for our 1 hour train ride.  We rode approx. 9 miles and had such great fun. 

My daughter, Kaylee (14), seemed as thrilled as my son, Zachary(2), about the ride.  However he was not to thrilles with the noise of the whistle but other than that he had a  great time.

You can read about the Railway here http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1092992.html

The next adventure is coming this weekend when we will travel to Boone to see Thomas the Tank Engine.  I absolutely cannot wait to see his face when he sees Thomas in person for the first time and to learn he gets to actually ride on Thomas.  How exciting that will be!