More Adventures

When Quentin got home from work this evening, we decided to brave the crowds and get a free ride on the new FrontRunner train thing. We drove to the Farmington station and got right on - not many people were there. We rode to the Gateway station, hopped on Trax for a couple of stops and went to Ben & Jerry's where they were giving away free ice cream cones to everyone. (Hey, we're all for free fun!) Then we came back home. The whole trip took us nearly 3 hours. Wow. But hey - we figured that short trip on FrontRunner would normally cost our little family $24, so I'm sure we won't be doing it again anytime soon. It was fun to check out the new train, and the girls had a lot of fun. Kasidee was even happy or sleeping the whole time. I'm not quite sure what to think of FrontRunner - it was a very nice ride, but there was a lot of waiting, a lot of walking and stair-climbing from the car to the station, and I'm not sure it's faster than driving. Quentin's employer will foot the $145/mo. fee, but he'd still have to drive or bike a few miles to a station, plus he'd have to leave about 30 minutes earlier for work - and if he ever drove to work, he wouldn't have a parking pass to park near his work! So who knows - it will be interesting to see how successful FrontRunner is. There are lots of pros for many people, so we'll see how it pans out!