Monday, December 29, 2008

Christmas in New Jersey

Baking Cookies

Weather: We’re not in Florida anymore! Temps have varied from very cold to warm (60s), but most depressing is the fact that the in the weeks since we’ve been home, we have rarely seen the sun.


Presents!






Comment: What a busy time. The grandchildren enjoyed three days of gift opening beginning on December 23 at our house and ending on Christmas morning in their own homes.

On December 28 & 29, we took the four oldest grandchildren (ages 4 – 9) on a road trip. Only the baby (age 2) stayed behind. Our trip took us to Strasberg, PA where we spent a night in the Red Caboose Motel. After enjoying lunch in a real parlor car, we visited the National Toy Train Museum which is adjacent to the Red Caboose complex.


After participating in the Great Train Races at the museum looking at the great collection of toy trains, it was time to go to Dutch Wonderland to do some rides. The kids had a great time and spent three hours riding the various rides. We capped off the day with an ice cream treat and drove back to the Red Caboose.

On the twenty-ninth, we had a later breakfast at Friendly’s and took a ride on the Strasberg Steam Train. We completed our visit to Strasberg with a Pennsylvania Dutch lunch at Millers.
The Red Caboose
Dutch Wonderland
The two and one-half hour ride back to New Jersey was easy as our passengers took time for much needed naps.
Number 90 is fired up



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