Living in the City

Charlotte took a huge step toward big cityhood last weekend with the opening of the Lynx light rail line from southwest Charlotte to uptown. Thousands of people turned out Thanksgiving weekend for the opening of the line (and the free rides), and we decided to try it out on Saturday. Josh loves trains, and we thought he would enjoy this step up from Bob the horse.

Needless to say, he was thrilled. We parked at the beginning of the line and took the whole 26 minute ride to Bobcat Arena, where I quickly learned why we had to share our ride with so many Dookies--the Blue Devils were playing Davidson there. The train was full of families like us who were taking their little boys for a train ride, and on the way back Josh soon had many of the kids cheering along with him every time the train started up after a stop. Thankfully we are used to our kids making a public spectacle of themselves.

Molly also enjoyed the ride, especially on the ride back when the hum of the train lulled her to sleep in her stroller.