Train Show Junkies

What a great way to spend a day with my son and my dad!

Last week-end was the big Hara Arena Train Show, and I think I was as excited as Kyle. My dad was able to attend the show with us this year and we had a really great time. After walking around the show a few hours, my dad joked that maybe he should move the boat out of his wood-working shop and put up his old American Flyer HO set. Kyle loves the boat, but would love the trains even more.

Kyle spent some of his hard earned money from being the cleaning service for our office. He bought a set of Amtrak Passenger cars as well as another Amtrak car (I can't think of the name of it but I think it's a Super Liner or something like that).

We got there a bit early ( I thought it started at 9:00, but that was for the vendors) so we went to Bob Evans for Breakfast to kill some time. I'm glad we did considering the high cost of food and drinks at the show! If you don't live in a state where Bob Evans is located, you are missing out on a real treat.

There was quite a large turnout, and a lot of vendors from all over the place. There were even more displays this year which was great, but only one Lionel set-up in the whole place. N scale seemed to be the layout of choice this year, which is great since that is what Kyle is now collecting. We were pleasantly surprised to see the largest Lego train set-up in Ohio. I hadn't seen Lego represented at the show as a display before and it was really cool, a lot of work went into it (and money!). Kyle has a Lego train set at home and is constantly building new cars and engines.

I'm glad that Kyle got to see the show and spend some of his money. I think he appreciates things more knowing that he earned the money, and the importance of saving (not buying on credit!) for something special.