Right after New Year's, Cat went back to school but Ben had a couple of days before his semester started. So one day he and Jack had a Man Day together. First they went to the Utah State Railroad Museum at Union Station in Ogden. Added bonus: Union Station also houses the John M. Browning Firearms Museum AND a Classic Car Museum. Score! Pictures, courtesy of Ben's phone, of Jack with a few of the engines are below. Don't ask me anything about the trains pictured.... if their names aren't Thomas, Percy, Edward, Toby, Emily, Gordon, James, or Henry, then I'm totally lost. (And yes. I can tell each of Thomas' friends apart.)
After the railroad museum, Ben took Jack to the Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill Air Force Base. There they saw tons of planes, including a B-17, SR-71, F-16, and a B-52. (Nope. I don't know anything about them either.) So trains, firearms, classic cars, and planes all in one afternoon. Not a bad Man Day, huh?
Don't tell Ben I said this, but I'm pretty sure he had more fun on this particular trip than Jack did. But I love that they had this time together, and hope they do many many more similar outings.
thanks to you, I can also tell the Thomas the Train characters apart. Did they seriously make them look identical on purpose to confuse parents thereby initiating arguments with their preschoolers?
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