Trains!

The weather here in Arizona is finally turning nice, and we decided to have fun this weekend!  We joined our blogging friends, Brenda and Eugene, from Brenda's Arizona and headed over to McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park to enjoy Railfair 2011!

Since it has been a while since he has had an adventure, I took Sam along.  Monty stayed at home with Aaron - after seeing some of the train displays, I think it might have been the better decision.  Monty has been known to be a little, ummm... destructive..., in his happy-puppy-go-lucky kind of way!



Sam's excited to go!

The park is beautiful.  There is a carousel, several engines and cars on display, a museum, and a building housing train layouts from four separate clubs!  There is also a narrow gauge train that takes you for rides around the park.

Sam was a little startled at first to meet Sophie - she is a very happy and exuberant pup!  After the first few minutes though, they were good friends and willing to explore the park together.

Sam, Me, Brenda and Sophie!



Unfortunately, dogs aren't allowed in the museum and on the train, so we had to take turns to look at some of the displays - it worked out well though!

Eugene, Sam and Sophie - waiting for the girls!

I'd like to be able to create a model train layout one day.  Some of the detail we saw was just amazing!

Grafitti...

Miles of scenery...

I really love these tiny sheep.  If you look at the top left of the green area, you will see a tiny speck - that's the sheep dog!

This tiny guy is making sure the trains are running smoothly!

I did manage to take Sam into this little museum.  He was getting so much attention that he wanted it from everyone, including this guy...

Maybe he reminds Sam of Dad?

Of course, he was also getting a little tired.  Sam has never liked sitting on hard surfaces, so when he gets a chance he sits in my lap!

I'm not heavy, am I Mom?



We had a great day and look forward to meeting Sophie, Brenda and Eugene for more adventures!

Choo-choo!