Last Friday was supposed to be our town's annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the town hall. Because of the rainy weather, for the 3rd year in a row, it was postponed to tonight. But they still had the Saturday activities go on as scheduled even though it rained all day. A lot of stuff cost money, but one of the activities that was completely free was the trolley rides that went through the downtown area.
We've lived in our town for 2 years now and have never done this so I thought it would be something fun for us to do. And did I mention it was free :)
There was a pretty steady rain all day, but quite a few people showed up for the trolley anyway. Marshall was super excited to ride the trolley.
It was hard to take pictures of the view because the windows kept fogging up, but the town historian gave us a historic tour of the downtown area of our town. Turns out, there is a gated community where quite a few famous families lived during the turn of the 20th century. Thomas Edison had a huge influence on our town and his home is located in this little community. We're hoping to take a tour of the house in the spring or summer when it is much warmer to do an outside walking tour.
As Marshall gets older and more aware of things, I've been trying to find stuff for us to do as a family. I came to the realization a few months ago that we really weren't doing much as a family because we were getting to involved in our day to day activities. Our town and its neighboring towns always have fun family activities so we've been trying to take advantage of what our area has to offer... especially the free stuff!
BTW... My hair looks wet because it is! They had canopies set up for us to stand under while waiting for the trolley to show up. But if anyone bumped the legs, all of the water that had been pooling on the top would spill off the sides. And, yep, I was standing by the edge and got a nice shower on my head and down my back.
~AKO
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