Thomas the Train

On Saturday Erik, Alec, Nana and I took a drive to Boothbay to the Boothbay Village Railway Museum to take a ride on Thomas the Train.  The railroad museum is a really neat collection of old buildings they have restored to make into a village with a loop of tracks that takes you on a ride along the circumference of the village.  I suspect that when it is not in it’s full Thomas regalia it is a pretty neat place to visit. I’ll admit I was bit hesitant to go – mass crowds of crazed toddlers all hyped up. Um…yeah….no. But it was great. There was enough to do to keep the masses of frantic toddlers spaced nicely while keeping said frantic toddlers AND adults engaged. Win-win!

While Alec does like Thomas – he is not obsessed- he’s just into trains of all kinds. He did think it was pretty neat that Thomas was pulling the train he got to ride on. We choose the little red caboose for our seats on the ride.

 

They had mini-tractor rides (you can see Thomas puffing along in the background)

Temporary Tattoo’s

Thomas bounce house- a tent to snack in and get out of the sun

You could meet Sir Topham Hat but Alec chose not to!

Some of the old restored buildings

There was a Hay Maze to explore.

They also had a tent set up for a children’s musician and puppet show which we stopped to enjoyed mostly because it gave us all an excuse to sit and rest out of the sun.

We went on a hayride (no pictures) and there were trains you play on and explore.

We spent some time walking through the antique car museum too. 

We spent about 3 hours at the railway museum – it was the perfect amount of time. What a great day!  Below is Alec waving goodbye to Thomas.