Saturday, September 22, 2012

All Aboard

This morning Jeff had to work prior to kickoff and we sold our tickets to one of my coworker's so, the boys' and I took a ride on the Hawkeye Express!

Waiting for the train (it was a bit chilly this morning)
Here comes the train!!






We started our morning at Hy-Vee to fill up on donuts and chocolate milk/coffee.







Then, we headed down the street to buy our tickets! The boys' had a blast as we took two full trips to Kinnick Stadium and then back to Coralville.



















During our first time back to Coralville, the train volunteers asked if the boys' would like to sit up by the train engineer. Of course we welcomed the invite! What a treat! The boys' got a front row seat and Mr Aiden even got to pull the train whistle!




Here are some fun facts about the Hawkeye Exress...

1. The Hawkeye Express is owned by the Iowa Northern Railway Company. With the exception, of the train engineers, all other workers' on game day are volunteers!

2. The Hawkeye Express started running back and forth to Kinnick Stadium in 2004

3. In the 1950 and 1960's, trains from all over Iowa traveled to Kinnick Stadium for nearly every home football game.
What a fun morning! We are going to spend the rest of the day watching our Hawkeye's at home this week. I promised the boys' that we would get our Halloween decorations out and go out to buy pumpkins if everyone took good naps this afternoon. What a great way to spend the first day of Fall!! Go Hawks!!

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