Waiting at the station. |
She must have known what I was going to say because she just started talking. "You know how much my little guy loves trains, and kids 5 and under can ride for free." The excitement in her voice was rising, "And it's good for the FrontRunner too!"
Here comes the train! |
Getting ready to roll. |
These passes were courtesy of Utah Ride Clear and they were good for one week from the day they were first used. They were probably not intended for people to just play on the trains, but we were ever so grateful for the opportunity. We had never been on the FrontRunner before although Little Sis and her kids had been on it several times.
We planned the trip for March 21. My elementary kids went off track on that day so we would have to pay for them to go with us if we waited any longer. Besides, the passes expired on March 31 so we had to get going.
Little Sis graciously made all the trip plans which was good since she knew what she was doing and I didn't. We met at the South Jordan Station at 8:50 am. We only had a few hours since Curly had to be at school by 11:15. The train arrived right on schedule and we quickly climbed aboard. Our plan was to ride the train to Provo and then ride it right back again.
The kids loved the spacious seats and would have happily danced in the aisles if we had allowed them to. Baby Doll loved looking out the window and sharing treats with Sami and Aiden. Curly had a huge grin on his face the entire time! We looked for stores and houses at first, then school buses and finally rock formations and farms. There was always something to see. The kids loved being so close to Utah Lake and watching a small river meandering nearby. We saw horses and sheep and lots and lots of houses.
The ride was about 42 minutes each way. When we got to Provo we had a few minutes to regroup so we decided to take the kids into the upper car of the train. Yeah! These trains have two stories in them! The upper level had tighter seats and some of them had tables in the middle and there were people working on computers and Ipads. There were other families on the train at that hour and lots of little ones, so we weren't the only ones trying to keep our kids in their seats.
When we rolled into the Draper station we took that quick minute to take all the kids back to the lower level so we would be sure to get off on our stop. They were sad to leave. It was a fun train adventure and thanks to UTA and my Little Sis, it didn't cost us a thing!
5 comments:
Sounds fun.
Transportation should not cost for the wee ones, we have had 7 increases in 7 years for our tiny buses, but seniors now ride free and I am a senior, gasoline is nearly $4.00 a gallon and it is cold most of the year here, I say make buses and trains for little ones and seniors free all the time, in Seattle where the bus.trains.lightrail is extraordinary, one can buy an Orca pass and go anywhere as a senior for little money, tiny ones don't pay at all, it is a huge huge system and one can ride it for about 300 full miles back and forth, oh, my. With the size of your family I would be scouting out for freebies and good deals!
What a great activity! I loved it and maybe we will do this when our grandchildren come sometime.
Blessings for the thought!
How fun that you got to do that for free! My boys loved trains when they were younger.
We had so much fun!
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