Train Ride!

Saturday, Sept.14

The early day schedule included a special breakfast cooked by the camp ground staff. It was very good and included scrambled eggs and hash and watermelon and biscuits and gravy. There was a lot of teasing between those who love biscuits and people like me who hates that particular food.

The highlight of the day was a train ride. It was called The Wild West Dinner Train.

 We convoyed to Horseshoe Bend and boarded the train there. We were all given toy paper money when we boarded which was a good clue as to events to take place later.

The train car was very nicely laid out with tables and chairs and a bar . The RV group had a car all to ourselves which made it kind of special.

The story teller and the villein and the fair young maiden told the usual story of a maiden in distress and needing rescue. It really was a lot of fun and everyone got into it. 

The train ride took us about 16 miles and then we were treated to a western chuck wagon dinner of beans and beef.

After that we got back on the train and returned to Horseshoe Bend. It had been raining a lot of the way and we learned on our return that some of the road on highway 55 had been washed out and we had to take a detour. So we were later getting home than we planned. But we did get home safe and sound and it was a great adventure.