The girls were looking forward for weeks to the day they could ride the new FrontRunner train to Salt Lake to meet daddy after work. Ava and I talked often about the difference between the kind of trains that carry things and the kind that carry people. The best distinction we could come up with was that the kind that carry people have windows. That works.
We tried to go on our public transportation extravaganza during the four or five days that the train was free (during its debut). However, due to the huge crowds and long waits during the free time (because everyone in Utah thought it would be a great idea to go on a public transportation extravaganza with their families--immediate and extended), Tom insisted that we go later and pay. So last week, after much anticipation and patience, we were finally able to go. We sat on the top and had a great view the whole way there. It was slick, smooth and quick. We "raced" cars on the freeway, watched for horses and played musical chairs.
Once we got to SLC we hopped on TRAX and met Tom over at The Gateway where I took the girls to Build-a-Bear (of course) and Tom went to Sur la Table (of course). After dinner at Rumbi we had some time to kill so Tom suggested that we go to the Clark Planetarium. The girls were fascinated by the exhibits and had so much fun learning about the phases of the moon, watching the Foucault pendulum, seeing the comparative sizes of the planets, playing weathergirl, looking through telescopes, riding the ginormous elevator and walking on the moon and Mars. Who knew they'd love "the space place" (as Ava now refers to it) as much as they did?
Good thing these girls have their daddy to spark their interest in science because I sure don't do it. I'll stick with literature and the arts and I think they'll probably turn out OK. We're not asking for much--just well-balanced, well-behaved, brilliant, beautiful daughters. Easy, right? Looks like our train day adventure was a good start.
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