Baby Buzz

Last weekend, we had perfect weather for an outside adventure, so we headed over to Williamson County Regional Park, home of Cedar Rock Railroad.

Nish loves anything with wheels, and he enjoyed the little train at the B.Y.D.E.E. Festival, so we thought a 1.3 miles ride on a 1/4 scale miniature train would make his day.

Sophie (the train) pulled out soon after we arrived at the park, so we had a short wait until the train's return.

Nish amused himself by playing with nifty sticks and rocks he discovered in the woods. Ronak and I later amused ourselves by changing Nish's diaper. Then there were more rocks and more sticks. Then Sophie finally came around the bend.

Nish was so excited to see her.

We purchased our tickets and climbed on board. A slow, steady stream of riders arrived and joined us.

Then, with a whistle, we were off.

The tracks took us through woods, past athletic fields, through meadows of butterflies that flitted in and out of the train ...

... past a pond and hiking trail ...

... until we arrived at the spooky entrance to a tunnel, all decorated for Halloween.

The tunnel wasn't too scary, but it was a bit more than I would have liked to have exposed my one-year-old to. But Nish didn't seem to mind. It was just one small part of a very exciting train trip.

Then Sophie headed back into the woods, and we arrived back at the train depot.

Nish handled the end of this ride better than his last. Perhaps because he was surrounded by so many tempting sticks and rocks.

We'll definitely be back again.

Map of Williamson County Regional Park