We were off to Alamogordo and the Toy Train Depot. On the way we pulled a little Griswold duty and went and saw the world's largest pistachio. The Griswolds are the family in the movie Vacation. They were going to Wally World their favorite theme park and on the way Clark, the dad, brought them to a lot of places like the world's largest pistachio.
I don't care how goofy that stuff is I love it. That is just family stuff. Stuff they'll remember. I hope.
We got to the Toy Train Depot and it was awesome. Big Trains.
Little trains.
Train villages.
And pure wonderment.
Good times. The guys who ran the place new everything you ever wanted to know about toy trains and more. They were helpful, knowledgeable, cursed like sailors and had little patience for children under 4. Don't get me wrong they were great with the kids but they sure had issues when they started to get cranky and tired. The kids I mean not the old men running the place.
They also had a train we could ride. Which we did. Even I got to ride on the train. It was fun. Made me think of the old home movies we have of us riding the train of the same ilk when we were kids.
We all had a blast. But I think Ian will never be the same.
We then went to the Kids Kingdom playground. We ate lunch and played for a while. There are punks in Alamogordo too. Do they kiss their mothers with those mouths?
We drove back to Ruidoso through the mountians and the quaint village of Cloudcroft. We were up about 9000 ft. 3:00 in the afternoon and 62 degrees. Heaven, I'm in Heaven. It was a beautiful drive back home. Pine trees. Rolling lush green valleys. A place i could go to and stay. Kept our eyes peeled for elk which we were told might be on this road but did not see any. There was a quick rain shower which was beautiful.
Made it back to the cabin, ate, fed our deer friends and watched a movie. Day 5 awaited.
