During our trip to Pennsylvania we spent a morning/afternoon at a nearby train station called Strasburg Rail Road.  It’s set up so that you can take a ride on old restored trains.

There are different types of cars that you can ride in, from a completely open train car with bench seating, right up to air conditioning with tables and chairs and food service.  We chose the air conditioned one with food service!  It was a very hot day, and being indoors with a beautiful view of the countryside with a lunch was very nice!  It’s not super cheap, but it’s a fun experience.

They give you a “hobo lunch” served in these fun bandanas right off a stick, just like a “hobo” back in the day.  haha.

You get to choose your main dish off the menu (we had the philly cheesesteak, which to me was more like a meatball sub), but then you also get a homemade chocolate chip cookie, a baggie of chips, and a dish of baked beans (made without pork! yay!).

We also had a choice of lemonade or iced tea.  Personally I would’ve rather had water, which wasn’t an option, so I had lemonade.  It was even served to us in glass jars!  Love it.

Later in the day we went to Sight and Sound Theatre to see a production of “Jonah.”  It’s a telling of the biblical story of a man named Jonah who avoids what God has asked him to do and ends up being swallowed by a whale.  You can read the whole story here.

It was a great production with incredible sets!  They portrayed the water and waves so well, and they included a bunch of live animals that made it so fun!  It was a fantastic show.  And despite the picture, I promise my niece enjoyed it…

Have you ever been to Pennsylvania?  Have you ever ridden on an old train?  Do you like live musicals?