More Big City Adventures

It seems we can't stay away from those Big Cities these days.

This past weekend we had to drop Young Athletical Son off at his Big Brother's. This necessitated a trip though the Big City again. So, being the practical people we are, we stopped there on the way back for some shopping (Oh No !) and other Big City stuff. The shopping was a bit of an ordeal, (at least for The Fuzz) but we found a good Mexican Restaurant (he did like that).
But while we were there we decided to check out the brand new Light Rail line. This is the station where we got on.
They have these Automated Ticket things there. First you pick out what kind of ticket you want. You can get Day Passes and all, but we just wanted a ticket to ride. When we finally figured out how to do this, the thing wouldn't take our money. But there was another one there that did. There was a dude there trying to feed it a $100 bill. It didn't like that at all. It gives you change in $1 coins. So now we have a use for $1 coins, other than at the Renaissance Fair.

When the train came, we got on. It was already pretty full and we had to stand up and hold on to those poles they have in there. But that was OK. We rode all the way into the uptown area, which is the end of the line, for now. Then we got some tickets to go back, and just hung out and waited for the next train out.

Here is one of the cool Trains. They run off of overhead power lines with a pick up on top of the train. The Driver can drive from either end, depending on which way it's going. Pretty Cool.