free ride

Yesterday we rode on the Front Runner from Salt Lake to Ogden with Ben's friend E. It was a last minute decision we did it because it was free. And as some might say there is no such thing as a "free" ride the train was free but it came with a price. First of all we still had to pay to ride trax to the station. The station in Salt Lake was not crowded at all we got on and found a seat and it felt like we were in Ogden in no time. Getting off the train in Ogden we thought we would find some lunch and ride back no problem. We finally found a restaurant that we could take the kids to, the part of Ogden we were walking in didn't seem to family friendly.
After lunch we took some pictures and played on an old steam engine then headed back to the station. There was a huge line and the train was so late. By the time we got on the kids were getting fussy and we couldn't find a seat so we had to stand the whole way back to Salt Lake.
Ben and E sat on the floor and played their video games and ate pretzel sticks Kendall sat in her stroller. E's mom had to hold little T I felt so bad because her back was killing her and he would not go to sleep. When we got off the front runner and had to get back on a trax train I thought Kendall was going to go crazy. She had been so good all day long sitting in the stroller most of the time, even on the trains because there was not always enough room for us all to have a seat. But the thought of another train ride sitting in the stroller caused a mini meltdown until she saw that she was able to get out. Thank goodness we were the first people on the trax train. She was so excited to be out of the stroller she would not even sit in her seat. She stood the whole way home and loved every minute of it. So the train ride was free but it almost cost me my patience, we had fun and the kids were so well behaved for the most part it gives me hope and makes me excited to take them on more adventures this summer. I am so lucky that I have good kids that will go with the flow and listen (most of the time).