The Polar Express

All aboard "The Polar Express"................
Let me summarize the book or movie of "The Polar Express" if you're unfamiliar with it. A little boy wakes up in the middle of the night and catches this mysterious train to The North Pole. When creating the character movements for this animated movie, electronic attachments were placed all over Tom Hanks' body as he was recording the voice track for several characters. This technology was new at the time and the movie was very realistic.

Nicole and I tagged along with The Reeds (Thank YOU) and joined the Sidaways (another THANK You) and drove 2 1/2 hours up to a little town south of the Grand Canyon called "Williams". After checking into our hotel, we ate dinner and changed into our PJs. Since all the children in the movie ride the train in their PJs, so did we and the rest of the passengers. There was hot cocoa and cookies served on the train just like in the movie. After driving past the North Pole, we stop to let Santa on the train. The BEST part was Santa autographed Nicole's Polar Express book that she received 2 Christmases ago from him. A truly magical experience.