Fall Break - Day 2: Golden Spike

After eating lunch at a Mexican restaurant we headed out to the Golden Spike national park.  It was kind of a long drive but not too bad.
Once we got there we found out that because Josh is a forth grader he got a free national parks pass for the year.  He just had to answer a couple questions and then we all got in for free and he received a pass.  We hope to use that pass in the future.
We then took a pretend spike out to the spot where both railroads met together.  The kids then pretended to hammer it in the wood.  It was pretty windy and cold outside so we didn't stay out there very long.
Once we got back into the visitor center we got a work packet for the kids to do.  Only Josh and Megan wanted to do them.  So they completed the packets and became Jr. Rangers.
After that we watched a movie about the railroads being built from each side of the country.  It was very interesting to see the history behind the railroads and all that went into building them.
After the video we went to the maintenance garage where we saw replicas of the two trains that came to meet on that day at the Golden Spike.  It was fun to see those up close and hear about the differences in the trains.  It was cool but we were all pretty trained out by then so we were done.