All Aboard.......

Ahhh, it's finally quiet. There was some crying. You know, you can tell the cry of a tired child. It just has this distinctive sound. There were a lot of tired children here tonight, because we just got home about half an hour ago after a very long day.  It was a very good day. But a very long day. Our homeschool group took our annual field trip up to our state capitol via Amtrak.  We didn't leave too awfully early this morning, and had a great ride up there. They give us our own train car, so the kids can basically run amok without disturbing the real passengers. I had a great time on the way up, too, because I got to talk with my homeschool mom friends. We have wonderful people in our homeschool group and it's always a treat to be able to sit and have a lengthy visit with these women. Hubby came too. Actually, there were a lot of dads there, so he got to talk to some dads as well!  We got up to Sacramento around noonish and went to the train museum.

The train museum is a really great place. It's huge and has real train cars. We saw the inside of an old Pullman sleeper car and a fancy schmancy dining car. They used to use real china and serve gourmet food. Now they use plastic and serve hamburgers. There was a whole section on model trains, too and we saw on that was so tiny that the whole train set could fit in a brief case. Now that's small. It's a Z scale. I think the thing said it was 1:220. After that we walked around old town a little. The boys played around on some of the train cars parked there and we walked up the riverwalk along the mighty Sacramento River.

Then we had a late lunch/early supper at my favorite Old Town restaurant, Fat City. Actually, it's the only restaurant I know. Back in the day, when I was teaching, we used to go to teacher conventions in Sacramento and we'd always eat at Fat City for dinner. And, I'm the type of person that I don't just go try new restaurants unless they come highly recommended. I know, I know, I'm probably missing out on a lot, but I hate eating bad food. So, we stick with what we know. But, I ordered a burger and Hubby ordered a salad and we shared. The kids all got kids meals and they were happy with that. Then we went to the candy store and the kids spent all their money on candy (Missie Lou got this big ol' spiral lollie-pop thing and the boys got a huge tape of gum!) and when they got back on the train they were all sugar-sick. We pulled into home around 9:00pm and threw everyone in bed. After they brushed, of course.