The Heber Creeper!

This is the first full day we had in Utah. My mom works with a woman who is married to a man who works for the Heber Valley Railroad. ( I actually thought the name was the Heber Creeper. Ha.) He was kind enough to procure us some free passes. Thanks person I don't know! So while Clayton went to lunch with his mom, my mother took me, Eleanor, my SIL Jenni and her daughters Megan and Allie (of the wardrobe fame) and my other niece Abby up to Heber for a day full of trains. Woo woo! (That's the sound of excitement AND a train. Twoofer!)

Here we are getting ready to board!

Eleanor, Abigail, Allie and Megan

My mom and Eleanor, could they be any cuter?
No- the answer to that is no.

Allie and Eleanor. My mom bought them little "train"
initials to play with.

Eleanor looooved being with her big cousin Allie.

And she looooved to look out the windows along the way.

Oh no! Bandits! Seriously folks, I know this is normally an expensive excursion, but you really get your money's worth. In our case we REALLY got our (invisible) money's worth. Thanks again strange guy whose wife works with my mom.

Stick 'em up! Apparently Megan is too savvy to be robbed.

Allie was concerned the whole time.

Once you hit the end of the line, they disconnect the engine and transfer it to the back to change directions. We went to an open air car to watch the action.

"Why hello, worried mother!" Even though this is my favorite picture from the day, we spent most of the ride indoors for peace of mind.

Grandma and Eleanor getting the wiggles out.

Abby was my MVP on the train. She is great with Eleanor and this picture was taken right before Eleanor tried to scurry out of that open window. Abby held her back like an old pro.
Thanks Abby for saving her little bunners.

Here they are back at the train yard.

After a quick stop to the Homestead to pick up fudge, we ate at the Train Burger, uh, place. I can't remember the name. But dang good burgers and the good ice. That's important people. If you're in Heber I suggest you make a stop for the orange twirl cone at least.

The girls taking a moment to relive the good times we had on the train.

Heber Creeper Videos!

Here are a few snippets of our day on the train. Eleanor quickly learned to make the pull-cord motion when the train whistles blew. It was funny as she did it for every single honk after she learned. What can we say? She's freaking awesome.





This second video cracks me up. It's Allie trying to plan a game of musical chairs when we get back, but I really just like the interaction between the two little cousins. Allie saying "Yep." to Eleanor when she is jabbering on about something. I also love that Eleanor hears the horn as she is getting up, stops to make the woo-woo motion and then finishes getting up and then makes it once more for good measure.





This last video is of the engine pulling around to bring the train back to Heber. Again, just cute kids doing their thing. Love it.