Steamtown

Steamtown Sign

The kids and Bill headed out one day to check out the Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton. I stayed at Aunt Rita's and did a bit of cooking (and napping). But they enjoyed it so much, we all went back the next day. What a great museum, so many trains, a roundhouse, great videos explaining the history of railroading in the area. Just a fantastic trip. And free for us, since we have the annual pass.

Hoboes

There was a lot of work to be done for the Junior Ranger program. There is an amazing room that talks about the people of railroads that we hung out in for a while since the kids had to do some work in there for their program. My favorite sign was explaining the difference between hoboes, tramps, and bums.

Trains

These were just a few of the trains they have. There's also a train yard. Bill took the kids to walk around it, but my foot was being special, so I skipped that portion of the journey. Amazing how excited the kids get over the trains. NB came up to me at one point and said he bet he could build a steam engine of his own. So now we need to do a bit of research and work, and make that dream a reality!