To celebrate Sully’s birthday we asked family to give Sully a gift of a fun day out together instead of toys. My parents wanted to take Sully to Strasburg Railroad in Lancaster, PA. We got lucky because when we were visiting in addition to their old steam locomotive, Thomas the Tank Engine was in town with his friend Percy as part of Day out with Thomas!
The whole family visiting with Percy
We rode Thomas for about 20 minutes. Anything much longer would have put the kiddo to sleep or he’d have gotten restless.
An Amish man was out working his field while we rode the short train ride
The conductor came by and let Sully listen to his pocketwatch
Nana and Sully riding together
After riding the train and meeting Sir Topham Hat, Sully played with toy trains and other kids
Riding a toddler sized toy Thomas
While we were in Loganville I helped out with family projects -cutting the grass, pulling an old plow off the tractor, mulching Grandma Ness’s garden and painting the tractor shed roof. There was time for fun though, I asked Grandma if I could fire up Grandpa Ness’s old Farmall A tractor from 1942, she said I could. The battery was dead, but it started on the first hand crank!
Tractor sitting in the front yard
It’s hard not to smile while sitting on a 1942 Farmall A tractor
Mom, Sully and I took the tractor for a ride around the yard and down the street.
With Grandma Ness in her driveway
Playing trains with Natalie at Nana and Pappy’s house
There was also time to fire up an old hit or miss engine.
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