Trains and Leaves

Saturday was a relaxed day for us. We went to the zoo in the morning. We wanted to get there one last time before it gets too cold. We also wanted to see the new baby giraffe. He is currently only 2 weeks old. We learned that when the baby giraffe, he was already 6 feet tall! As we walked through the zoo on our way to see the giraffe, Caleb kept repeating, "Baby Wawee", which means "Baby Giraffe". He was very excited to see this baby.

Sunday was our busy day. We got up early and headed to Georgetown for a train ride. We got there at 9am only to learn that they were booked until the 2:55 train. We bought our tickets and decided to go on a drive. We drove over the pass towards Breckenridge. It was a beautiful drive. The leaves were just beginning to turn colors, so we saw several degrees of green and yellow. The higher we went, the more color variation we saw. We stopped in Breckenridge for lunch only to find that Oktoberfest was being held there. We made a quick walk through that and Aaron got his beer.

We made it back to Georgetown shortly before our train was to board. We got on the train and decided to sit in the open air box. The train was an old fashioned steem engine. The open air boxes use to be coal cars. The covered cars use to be used for lumber and/or livestock. The entire trip was just over three miles but lasted about an hour. We went over a bridge that was 100 feet high. We got to see waterfalls and more leaf changes.

The second half of the trip we opted to sit in the covered car. When we had stopped for a short layover, the rain really started to come down. We didn't want to get soaking wet so we moved inside. We were still able to see really well, though. The trip was absolutely wonderful. Caleb loved it and is now telling everyone he sees about the choo choo.