Lindsay came up with the MOST awesome ideato start the Holiday season with riding the Polar
Express-she rented Bailey's Bunkhouse that slept
12 people, it was decorated as if you stepped back in the
1920's with all the antiques and great quilts on
all the beds!
Waiting at the Train Depot-in Palestine Tx aboutan hour from our house. The Official Railroad of Texas
is truly a "Texas Treasure"
Listening to the Train Whistle, it was coming our way!
The excitment was overwhelming, here it comes!!
This historic railroad offers both steam and diesel excursions that travel through the scenic piney
woods and hardwood creek bottoms of East Texas.
There the sounds of hissing steam and squeaking metal was the POLAR EXPRESS! It was so cool, a conductor
stood at the opened door of a car and other staff waited
to help us on board! The train was filled with other children
all in their pajamas and nitegowns. We heard lots of singing
and we ate candied treats and were served HOT chocolate
that was thick and rich as candy bars. Outside, the lights
of towns and villages flickered in the distance as the Polar
Express traveled northward!
It seemed to go faster and faster thur towns, along rolling over peaks and thru valleys like a car on a
roller coaster! That was when we heard the conductor
say "there HE is ....do you see Santa?" The train stopped!
We heard Jingle Bells, we saw several elves outside of
the window singing, dancing and waving to us!
Then all of a sudden the train started moving again!!
People on the train started singing Christmas carols!!
Logan was taking in everything.....OH WOW....There's
Santa coming down the aisle and handing out Bells!!
All the Staff and of corse SANTA was awesome!! So the beginning of Christmas 2010 has begun.....
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