Thomas Day 1

The first of the Days Out With Thomas seemed to go off without a hitch.  Due to the confident wisdom of everybody, all of the important slots were already filled, so I got to be a switch tender for the day.  That's not a very demanding position to say the least.  So I had time to take some pictures for your benefit.

Maybe I'm just not very observant, but I hadn't noticed before that Thomas has facial expressions: his eyes move and his mouth can open and close.  He can even speak.  Is this a new feature?

And the real steam train was running.  (I have a better video of it actually moving forward, but am unable to upload it for some reason.  Sorry, we'll keep working on this...)

And when you're not riding the train, there are lots of other things to do.  (This is just a small selection, by the way.)

Trolley bus operation has been suspended due to sand.

There's an entire tent dedicated to a large garden railroad layout.

And kids of all ages like to see magic tricks. 

And speaking of magic, it's mystifying!  and astounding!  to see the Museum packed with people like this.  You won't believe your eyes!  You have to see it for yourself!