Auntie Heather and I took the kids to the Redwoods to see the little toy trains display in the visitor center at Henry Cowell. It didn’t take long for the kids to finish pushing all of the buttons and to start telling us to “vamanos” (or, as Dylan says, “vanomos”)! But, since we were there at the park and there was a break in the rain, Heather and I decided we should do a banana slug hunt along the Loop Trail.
We didn’t have immediate buy-in from the kids, but once they were on the path, they took off like rockets! We ended up spotting about 7 or 8 slugs (and two deer!) before it started to rain and we had to hurry back towards the car!
Just as we got to the parking lot, though, the kids decided they wanted to check out the trains next door at Roaring Camp before we left. As luck would have it, just as we arrived, a train was on its way back to the station. Look at those smiles.
