Like most kids my children love trains. So I decided we needed to go on a super train adventure one weekend. Armed with a system map for the Miami rail system A, the RP, a double stroller, one dad and a bag of Goldfish launched out one Saturday.
We started on what is known down here in Miami as the Tri-Rail. It is a big train (3 stories!) that runs 100 miles from the West Palm Beach airport to the Miami Airport. We got on in Ft. Lauderdale and rode it 30 minutes down to the connection station with the Miami MetroRail.
The Metrorail is an elevated rail system similar to Chicago's L. Basically a subway only elevated over the streets instead. We rode that all the way down to the central station in Miami (the Government Center).
Then we really got crazy. We got off and rode the PeopleMover (sort of a downtown shuttle on a rail) out to a park called Bayfront park. Then we played in the park for hours! It was a lot of fun. The kids loved the train and dad enjoyed sitting beside the water in Bayfront park and enjoying the view.
We had such a good time that we did not get back until 8 PM. The Wife was as usual wondering where the heck half her family had disappeared to!
1 comment:
I think that PeopleMover was manufactured in Pittsburgh, and the voice announcing the doors closing etc was someone's secretary.
I think.
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