I am the kind of parent that childless people hate. I take my kids to hip restaurants and am not deterred by the complete lack of booster seats, high chairs, or chicken fingers on the menu. I am simply not content to while away my weekends at home or limit our outings to places that have designated stroller parking. I wheel our mammoth double wide into petite boutiques and carry my cooing baby into austere galleries. We boldly go where no family unit has gone before.

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25th January 2011

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Iron Horses.

Picture a place where hardworking railroad engines go to retire. A place for the real old timers to escape from the cinder, smoke and steam and while away their days in a sunny clime.

No more coal burning, freight hauling, or passenger pulling for them. Just palm trees and the adoration of awe struck children, who come to play and pretend in and among the proud trains.

This railroad Shangri La is not a figment of my imagination. It exists in a quiet corner of Los Angeles’ Griffith Park. It is called Travel Town.

Travel Town is open every day except Christmas and admittance is FREE.

Take your history buffs and engineering enthusiasts; they will love exploring the vintage behemoths. Take your littlest Thomas fans; they will giddily think they’ve landed in Sodor’s Tidmouth Sheds.

http://traveltown.org/

Tagged: parentingtravelfamilyfamily lifelos angelesgriffith parktrainsTravel TownThomas the trainSodorrailroadvintagekids

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