One of the things Fillmore is known for is our classic railroad. They offer many fun activities and we thought it would be fun to check out the Fillmore Christmas Tree train - a train ride from Fillmore to a Christmas tree farm where you cut down your own tree and take it back on the train. You get to enjoy a visit from Santa and other festivities. Well, it was not a very fun trip for mom and dad. Little did we know it was the inaugural run for the trains 1913 restored steam engine (that part was cool to see too, but added time to the trip) and the day that some idiot would decide to drive his car through a crossing gate right in front of the train, the train slamming on its brakes and barely missing the guy also adding on to our train time (but glad no one was hurt). Shayla had fun and Mitchell did great but there were so many glitches on the ride that it added two hours to our trip so we were on the train for 4 hours total round trip (to a place that is 10 minutes by car!).
Santa came through the train midride and handed out candy canes so that was cute but thats all there was for the interactive part. We got there and it was such a hot day - mid-80s - and we were all wearing warmer clothes so uncomfortable there too - does not feel like Xmas tree time when you are sweating! I had to have Shay ride the camel though and she really wanted to and loved that and I got some cute pics BUT the camel tripped and Shayla almost fell off (see how high she is!)and the lady was not anywhere near to catch her and I had a mini heart attack and gasped and jumped since i thought she was going to fall and my surprise woke M who was sleeping in the ergo at that time...whew it was a close one - she was hanging on herself very hard or would have fallen far to ground! We decided not to cut tree down there since the ride was taking so long we knew it would add another 30-60 minutes to our adventures when we got back to station. I thought they had activity stuff there but they just had the camel ride and hay to climb on and that was it which you can drive to and don't have to take the train to!! Ugh! Anyway I thought we would be back by lunch so I did not pack lunch (and they said not to bring food) so we had to survive on chips and snowcones (I did bring baby food though thank goodness!). So we FINALLY got back but it was a LONG 5 hours! Last tree train ride for us! But these photos only show us having fun so enjoy!
On the way...
Santa came through the train midride and handed out candy canes so that was cute but thats all there was for the interactive part. We got there and it was such a hot day - mid-80s - and we were all wearing warmer clothes so uncomfortable there too - does not feel like Xmas tree time when you are sweating! I had to have Shay ride the camel though and she really wanted to and loved that and I got some cute pics BUT the camel tripped and Shayla almost fell off (see how high she is!)and the lady was not anywhere near to catch her and I had a mini heart attack and gasped and jumped since i thought she was going to fall and my surprise woke M who was sleeping in the ergo at that time...whew it was a close one - she was hanging on herself very hard or would have fallen far to ground! We decided not to cut tree down there since the ride was taking so long we knew it would add another 30-60 minutes to our adventures when we got back to station. I thought they had activity stuff there but they just had the camel ride and hay to climb on and that was it which you can drive to and don't have to take the train to!! Ugh! Anyway I thought we would be back by lunch so I did not pack lunch (and they said not to bring food) so we had to survive on chips and snowcones (I did bring baby food though thank goodness!). So we FINALLY got back but it was a LONG 5 hours! Last tree train ride for us! But these photos only show us having fun so enjoy!
On the way...
Visit from Santa
Enjoying the fresh air
3 comments:
Hi Larissa! Sorry to hear about your bad train ride. ): I wouldn't give up though, Sheelah and I have taken that train without any problem and had great time. We've ridden the train, flown over, and ridden our bike all around the valley. The area around the Santa Clara River is absolutely beautiful! We're truly blessed to live to live here! Looking forward to spending time with you, Jon, Shayla and Mitchell this Xmas, Love you! D&S
Sorry your trip was so long! And oh my gosh--Jon is SMILING! What? It's a Christmas miracle!
Oh my gosh! I would have been freaking out! And then the camel trips? Sounds like something out of a movie. Glad you survived.
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