The Train Park

This weekend we went up to Phoenix for another visit with Peter's grandparents. They will be leaving to head back to Guam this week and we wanted to try to sneak in one last visit before they left. It was beautiful weather out so we all headed over to the McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park.


This park has everything you could possibly imagine railroad related. They have tiny model railroads, several different trains to ride, and even full size trains to tour. Peter found a cut out train to peek out as us through.


He also found a cutout penguin. It was just his size. I think Peter makes a great penguin!


First we rode a carousel. Peter is still a little freaked out by the horses and doesn't like to ride on them much.


Instead he sat with Grandma Deanna on a bench while John rode a horse.


We rode the carousel twice and Peter loved going around and trying to find Grandpa at the side of the ride. "Where is he, Peter?? Where's Grandpa??? THERE HE IS!!!!" Then lots of waving and waving until we circle the bend and he was gone again.


We had to stand behind a railing to wait for the train ride to come around again. Peter liked to look through the bars as the train pulled into the station getting ready to pick us up.


They had a really nice little train ride! We went all over the park grounds. It may be the week before Xmas but we had beautiful weather and were perfectly comfy in our t-shirts. The train went a good clip and gave us a gentle breeze. It was a great ride!


At first Peter was a little unsure about what to think of riding in a big train like this.


But Grandma & Grandpa were riding along with us and cheering him on. (Sidenote: I think this is the first picture I have taken of them in the same place at the same time in 10 years! AWESOME!)


He quickly had a great time laughing and waving at the people we passed.


Next we found a smaller train that was just Peter's size. The Palmer men rode this one together.


Grandpa Marvin got the duty of holding onto Peter so he didn't try to jump out along the way. I hear that they saw some bunny rabbits along the trail. Good thing grandpa held on tight, I bet Peter would have chased them down!


Peter had a great time at the train park! He was so fascinated by everything going on there. It was one of the neatest parks we've ever been too. This was a special Xmas memory with the Palmer family. We are so grateful they shared it with us!