One More Night...

Even though we had spent a week at the beach, a weekend at my mother's house, and a weekend in a hotel we still had one more night on the road! Before this mess with the air conditioner and the 100 degree weather, we had plans to take Elias to the Red Caboose Motel so that he could spend a night in a real caboose! So, AGAIN we packed up clothes and baby stuff and toys and books and DVDs, threw the kids in the car and headed out away from our home that we've spent so little time at the last couple of weeks.

The Red Caboose Motel is located in Strasburg, PA is is made up of 42 cabooses that have all been renovated into hotel rooms. It's as tacky as it sounds. I'm a fan of this kind of roadside attraction, but after spending a weekend at a Hampton Inn our little caboose didn't offer much in the way of "a cozy place to stay". But that didn't matter. We were there for Elias, and he had a great time seeing all the cabooses and train related items including the large train display in their gift shop. Luckily the caboose was air conditioned as it was 103 degrees out.

The Red Caboose Motel also offers a restaurant which is in an old dining car. The food was ok, and the air conditioner leaked a rust colored liquid on Jennifer and Tanner during our meal. If you're ever in these parts I'd suggest having a meal in an actual working dining car at the nearby Strasburg Railroad - that is very good food in a very unique setting!

Our mini-vacation also included a visit to the National Toy Train Museum which is located directly behind The Red Caboose Motel. The museum offers several train layouts with running model trains and plenty of buttons for kids to push. (Kids love buttons!) On display were trains dating back over 150 years. I took pictures of all the Disney related trains on display and have them posted up over at Wonderful World of Pictures along with pictures from the motel.

Now that I'm back in the comfort of my home, without having to sweat all over my keyboard we should be able to resume our regular wacky blog-antics!