Heber Valley Railroad

A family fun day... We decided to take up trip up to beautiful Heber Valley to ride the historic: Heber Valley Railroad!

Here are the kids in front of the train station...

The view from the train...

As we journeyed down the track Kristian kept asking when the train was going to go faster. It was hard for him to understand that the slow and steady pace of the train was as fast as it was going to get. ... (guess next time we'll have to ride trax or front runner).
We got a little further down the track and the train stopped at another station. We quickly noticed a WANTED poster, just in time to see 2 train robbers hop out from the bushes!! (silly Mom was too wrapped up in everything to get decent pictures).

They started firing their guns and yelling out to everyone. Then they came aboard the train and told everyone to put their hands up!! They were asking passengers about the money chest. Asking who had taken it. They asked Addison if she had taken the money. I don't think I've ever seen her so scared. Her eyes were as wide as possible as she quickly shook her head NO so they would leave!

The bad guys went out outside and used their guns to shoot open the money safe. There was NO MONEY!! Only a stuffed duck! They were mad so they got back on the train and tried to take a hostage!! They came back to Addison to ask if she had played this trick on them. Again, so so scared!! I'm surprised she didn't start to cry.
Luckily the train robbers gave up and left us alone so we could get back on track.

The ride was fun. It was about an hour and a half, which was perfect for the kids. I couldn't imagine being on a ride any longer than that. We also picked a good day with very few passengers, which was also nice. It was fun seeing the authenticity of the train. The people were much smaller back then as you saw how close the seats were set together. My knees almost touched the seats in front of me.

It was a fun way to spend the day together as a family. ....