Choo! Choo!

McCanless took her first train ride in late July this year! Unfortunately, we were traveling to Florida for a family funeral, but we all enjoyed the train as much as McCanless did! Mel has always loved trains, and has such fond memories of riding trains with his family as a child. He wanted McCanless to have that same happy experience he had growing up.

The only thing you can count on with a train is it being delayed! We arrived at the train station at midnight ready to jump on our sleeping car and have a good night sleep. Our train didn’t arrive until 3 AM! (And yes, McCanless was up the entire time!) She is definitely her father’s daughter.

Daddy slept up top and Mommy and McCanless snuggled down below.

A tired momma (sans makeup) after a very long night!

We got up, had breakfast and were almost there!

This was taken on the way home. I guess we were both excited! We boarded the train just before lunch, had lunch in the dining car, took a nap, had dinner and we were home that night.

On this trip, McCanless took a nap up top.