playing at Trinity Park
Marco, Gabe, and Matthew
What a proud moment for me to see Marco reading a book. HA! (this picture cracks me up!)
On Friday we went on a crazy train/bus/train/park/train/bus/train adventure. Thank goodness we went with our good neighbor and her 2 grandkids. We started at the Hurst TRE station and took the train to Downtown Ft. Worth. From there we tried to get on the special bus they had running directly to the Ft. Worth Zoo, but it didn't start running until 11am. We decided to hop on a different route that would take us to University. We were lucky (or maybe unlucky now that I think about it) because we took the absolutely last standing room only spot. I really had to work those glutes while trying to balance a 30lb 2 yr old on my hip and keep a 4 yo from falling over with the sudden stops and starts. (5 bus stops later we made it to our destination) Finally we made it to our second train ride to Trinity Park, via the Forest Park Train. After playing and eating lunch it was time to ride the train back to the depot so we could catch another bus to the main train station. Here is where the funny part comes in... We see the bus we want parked up the road but we first had to make our way through the crowd walking to the zoo. (People trying to go to the zoo during Spring Break are just plain nuts. If I had to walk 1-2 miles just to see a bunch of caged animals, I would say no thanks!) As we are nearly sprinting to the bus, we finally get on and notice we are the only ones on it. So much for hurrying. By now we are really short on time to catch our train home so we ask the bus driver how long we have to wait. ( she is sitting there reading the paper by the way) She states, "oh 15 minutes or so". After telling me that it will take 13 minutes to get to the TRE station I do the quick math in my head and realize that if her "precise" time estimate is correct we will have exactly 2 minutes to get on the train home. As I continued to make comments to my neighbor about how I "sure do hope we get to the train before it leaves" and others like that I think she took pity on us and started the bus a few minutes early. And let me just say that those TRE trains don't go against the stated schedule. It was right on time, and thankfully so were we. As the boys took a quick catnap on the ride home I concluded that although it was a little stressful timing the bus and train schedules, the adventure was well worth it. But I don't think I want to visit New York City anytime soon.
