Hank the Tank

This weekend we make a visit to Thomaston, CT (about an hour north of New Haven) to take a ride on an 80 year old coal-fired steam locomotive. It was the Flagg Coal #75 AKA Hank the Tank. We went for Joey's interest, but it was Moses who ended up being the most excited.

In the station, they had a display with little trains running and the boys were both fascinated:

Joey got to "drive" an old car:

Outside the found more toy trains to ogle over:

And then we found the real trains for Tom to ogle over:

(we thought these two cars were appropriately linked for our current situation in life)

Joey was very scared when Hank pulled into the station and constantly wanted to be held but as soon as we were able to actually get on the train, all was well in the world again.

It was a fun day for everybody and we got to have a nice and quiet drive home while the boys slept.

We're really looking forward to all of the fun things that we'll be able to do this summer in New England. So many places to see, so little time....but at the same time, so much MORE time because we don't have to deal with homework and studying and job searching, etc. I love this "no school" life. Can we keep it? 

Not sure what is next on our list of adventures, but I'm thinking coastal.