The NC Trip

This weekend we (all 6 of us, plus Nana and Poppy) went to the North Carolina Transportion Museum http://www.nctrans.org/ in Spencer, NC to ride Thomas the Tank Engine. We went for a train ride, rode on the turntable at the roundhouse, and checked out the museum exhibits. The museum itself, without Thomas is really neat, so with Thomas it was just too much fun. Poppy Derek took some pictures for me (you know I just carry a camera, but never take any pictures). Here are a few.

Brian and Will enjoying a ride on the Trolley - Will said is it "Charlie" we said no, its a Trolley. So he named it Charlie to Trolley, although that was sort of confusing for him since the Trolley in the Thomas series is named Bertie.

Will is playing in a Thomas the Tank Engine made out of Legos.

This is the actual Coach Car we road in. Ours had air-conditioning...

Nana and John and Mags riding along.

SGM - note the tattoo of Thomas on her forehead. She proudly wore that to school today.

Riding the turntable on the roundhouse. I was a bit worried I might get sick since it just spins around (3 times), but I stayed focused and didn't. It was really neat. That's how they turn the trains around, so they don't have to go backwards.

An old train at the museum - ready to go into the roundhouse. Fun for exploring.

On Sunday, for even more fun, we stopped at the Kings Mountain Revolutionary War Military Park http://www.nps.gov/kimo/ in Kings Mountain, NC (although the park is really in SC, right over the border). It was really neat. The park was very nice and this weekend was the 228th anniversary of the Battle of Kings Mountain. The battle was a turning point in the Revolutionary War - we won, by the way.

Re-enactors doing a shooting demonstration. They explained their weapons and their clothing.