Today we ventured down to Baldwin City to the Midland Railway & hopped aboard the Santa Claus Express. A co-worker of mine told me about this awesome little adventure & with Mason's love for trains I thought it would be a super fun thing to do.
Grandma Mountain ended up coming with us & we all made the 30 minute road-trip down to Baldwin City to see Santa & take a train ride to Norwood, KS & back.
There were a total of 3 passenger cars which were all authentic & dated back to 1928. Unfortunately the windows were drafty & there was no heat other than a few propane heaters set up so it was pretty cold on the train. The cars were all decorated for Christmas & Santa had his very own special passenger car which was made in 1898! While we were waiting to see Santa there was a storyteller reading Christmas stories & singing carols.
Everyone took turns going back to see Santa & unfortunately we were one of the the very last to see him. We were 1.5 hours into the trip & by this time Mason was tired & hungry - not a good combination! So unfortunately his picture with Santa & Mrs. Claus ended up looking like this:
Priceless!
After we saw Santa, we sat back down, got our hot cocoa & sugar cookie & by this time Mason was in better spirits. We were almost back to the train depot after our snack & realized we hadn't taken any pictures yet! So here are a few pics with a couple of selfies thrown in:
Other than being a bit cold, we had so much fun & I am so glad we checked this awesome excursion out! We got into the car, warmed up & weren't 10 minutes down the road when I look over & see this:
Poor Mase was wore out! He got a good snooze in on the drive back home & then we all went out for lunch at our local BBQ joint in town. Such a fun day & good quality time spent with Grandma Mountain!
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