Last Friday we rode the Polar Express train to the North Pole and met Santa!
The Heber Valley Railroad here does this every year and we got tickets through my job this year to go. It was actually pretty fun, although it was very cold.
On the way there Mrs Claus and her elves hand out cookies, hot chocolate, and copies of the book then a storyteller reads the story as everyone follows along. Morgan loved the cookie and playing "Boo!" with the kid in the seat in front of us.
When we got to the North Pole (really the train just drives straight in one direcetion for 45 minutes, then reverses back to the station) Santa got on and shook hands with all of the kids and gave each kid their own special bell, just like in the book. Morgan really likes Santa and when he came to shake her hand she held out her fist to "pound the rock" instead. Santa laughed and hit her fist with his own. Then she yelled, as loud as she could, "BYE SANTA!!!"
It was a fun family event and we had a good time. Too bad Morgan won't remember any of it.
4 comments:
I love that Morgan wanted to pound fists with Santa Claus. At least she isn't scared of him .....
We have heard the Heber Creeper is something we should check out before we leave the area. Sounds like it has fun special events too. Is it an enclosed train?
Covered train . . .
It was like taking a plane or bus ride to nowhere, except the refreshments weren't as good.
They do one where they go up the valley and then have a place with intertubes and a place to sled. That sounds like fun.
Seriously? I thought the Heber Creeper was worst! I just remember the reading of the Polar Express being done by a woman with NO story telling skills and the train got all steamed up inside so you couldnt see out and I got motion sickness. Then all we saw of Santa was when we drove by him waving from a hill outside the train. Then again, if it was free, it would have been OK. But it was like 40 bucks a person for that! Sorry to ruin it...consider readers warned.
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