A Day in North Conway




A few days before Rachel and David and kids went back to Panama, we took a ride on the Conway train (the same train that Emmy took lots of grandchildren on perhaps 30 years ago). This is just a 55 minute ride and it was exciting to see the big locomotive and climb aboard (Max would love it).




Here we are, all smiles, at the beginning of the trip. Gradually, without any great views to hold the attention or much, actually, to do, all the little kids in our car got very restless, jumpy and noisy, and 55 minutes started to seem like an eternity. Toby was able to doze off.




Afterwards we stopped at McDonald's and ate in the kids' room where the twisty, turny slide was. Gwen was intrigued...




She climbed by herself up almost to the top, pretty high, but then couldn't quite get down. It did look daunting, so Rachel climbed up and went down the slide with her.




Then Toby went up and showed her how to go down the slide.




We waited at the bottom of both slides for her to appear.




Finally a very happy Gwen came down the slide herself. And went on to do it again and again and again. McDonald's was the hit that day.