Spring Break, Charlotte, NC

For our second full day of spring break, we decided to visit Charlotte's children's museum, Discovery Place. And, to make the trip even more exciting, we took the Amtrak there! North Carolina has a fabulous train system and we were so impressed. The train was clean, comfortable, and super convenient. 

Ready to board the "Piedmont"

It was way more comfortable (and fun!) than car or plane travel, and the boys loved the snack car too.

Haha! (He was reading about Coach K. The only thing worse than Duke winning the championship was being in North Carolina when Duke won the championship. Their paper said something along the lines of Tarheels were cheering for Duke. State was cheering for Duke. Everyone was just cheering that Kentucky wouldn't win. Blah!)

We decided to take a taxi from the train station, even though it was only a little over a mile because I knew Luke wouldn't walk it and we wanted to get to the museum when it opened. The boys loved their first taxi ride!

Discovery Place was incredible. It was a hands-on, science based museum that the boys loved. Caleb would have stayed there all week!

Laying on a bed of nails

While Caleb and Peepaw went to an IMAX, Luke played on the giant water table for an hour straight.

We were at Discovery Place for around 5 hours and the boys were still content...we had to make them leave! Before catching our train back, we had an early dinner at a restaurant right next to the museum.

It's a small world... So on the way to Charlotte, we met a family that was taking their 7 year old son, Edwin, to Discovery Place as well. Turns out, the dad is from Elizabethtown and they visit family there every year. On the way back to Winston-Salem, Edwin asked Caleb if he wanted to sit with him and play games. They quickly declared themselves best friends, shared their candy and snacks, and made plans to meet at the Winston-Salem museum "on Tuesday next spring Break." Precious boys!

The train was pretty crowded on the way back, but I got to sit next to this (worn out) guy.

Back at home, Caleb and Hallie Girl spent a while running around the yard together. 

And, we all slept really well that night! Ha!