The last weekend of August Graydon took Josh on a trip...just the two of them. Josh was so excited. They left for Wyoming early Friday morning. Josh got pretty bored on the long drive to Cheyenne, arriving there around lunchtime. There they had an appointment to see two large, working steam engines with a personal tour given by the conductor. The tour included the turn table and roundhouse along with a very fancy coach and the machines used to make replacement parts for the engines.
They were able to visit a park see Cheyenne's Big Boy Steam Engine and chase ducks and squirrels and stay in a very nice hotel room with a fully-equipped kitchen.
After the boys left on Friday the girls went to the Boondocks to have fun. We spent time crawling around in the Kiddie Cove, playing mini golf, bowling, and playing in the arcade. We finished the day with dinner at Olive Garden and going home and painting our nails.
Saturday, Graydon and Josh left early to head to North Platte, Nebraska. Here they were able to go to the Golden Spike Tower and observe the largest train yard in the world, Bailey Yard. It is 13 miles long and two miles wide and moves around 10,000 cars a day. Josh was able to sit and watch the freight cars roll down the hump as they were sorted. He also got a new toy train and enjoyed picking gifts for his sisters.
Sunday was the wonderful day that they had to drive all the way home. However they made good time and arrived just in time for a family party.
The funniest part about this trip is that Josh and Emily wanted to constantly call each other. They probably called each other 3 or 4 times a day. Then as soon as they arrived home, after the party, they started to fight.
