Tweetsie

Tweetsie Railroad

Boone, North Carolina

Panning for gold with Papa

The Rides

The Show

The Mouse Train

Feeding the Animals

My good ole Dad loves to have the family up for a grand time at the beloved Tweetsie Railroad.  I have been going to Tweetsie since I was a kid nearly every year until about the age of 12.  I had not been back until the summer before Reagan turned two.  Reagan luckily has fallen into my childhood footsteps and has attended Tweetsie every year making this her third time.  However, this year she was incredibly thrilled because her baby sister was old enough to go with her.  It was so neat to look back at the photos of when Reagan was Madison's age and reminiscing about her likes/dislikes.  


Madison who is completely opposite of Reagan in almost every way but her looks, loved the rides!  The faster and higher the better she took to them.  Reagan was not such a fan, but is getting better.  The one thing they both had in common were the shows.  Both my girls have always loved watching live shows.  They will sit for hours in amazement.  The girls also loved the mouse train at the top of the mountain.  The train goes through a tunnel and then plays a little song while the train stops in a black lit glow around the mice characters in a cheese factory.  It's cute for the kids.


The weather was perfect for us as well.  We had a cloudy day that brought relief from the hot sun.  After riding the rides and watching a show we went to see the animals.  The kids love to feed the animals.  Reagan likes the Llamas for an unknown reason.  Madison liked the goats the most.  The baby goats could squeeze through the fence and so you were able to pet them really easily.  This was a great experience for the girls.  


We wrapped up our day with a ride on the actual Tweetsie Railroad.  This has never been a highlight for Reagan but more of a way to cool down and take a nap.  Madison, also did not enjoy the train.  She hates to be constrained down for a long period of time and so it was all I could do to not let her jump out for thirty minutes.  Reagan did much better this year with the Cowboy and Indians.  She did not get scared and actually followed the story line much to my surprise.  She asked a lot of questions about why the Indians were so mean.  Andy and I thought this was humorous seeing how she is 50% Native American herself with her Dad being full-blooded.  We had to give her a history lesson on that one, ;).  


After, Tweetsie we headed to Makato's, a japaneese steak house, yummy!  Then up to the lot where my Dad and brother are building a mountain house that looks right out at Sugar mountain.  So far they have the well in place, a driveway, the lot cleared, and a house plan.  Dad has been doing a lot of work clearing the land and landscaping the front side.  It looks great!  It is going to be such a great vacation spot for us one day!

My favorite photo from the day.