Wheaton Regional and Frederick

Happy Independence Day! The last several days have been hectic, but good. On Tuesday we took the boys to Wheaton Regional Park. It is one of those local gems that every community should have. It has a miniature railroad that runs through a forest. It has lots of little parks with expansive climbing structures, slides, swings and cars made out of wood. To say the boys had a fabulous time would be an understatement.

The train runs every half an hour during the week. We arrived seconds after the train had left the station, so after buying tickets we had to wait 25 minutes to ride the train. The park charges everyone who rides $2, even children 2 and under. The ride itself was about 10 minutes. We saw a deer and the ride concludes by going through a tunnel.

The weather held for our entire visit. Although we started getting some raindrops as we were leaving. All in all, the park entertained the boys for two and half hours.

At 3 pm we headed to downtown Frederick to have dinner with some old friends who we hadn’t seen in a decade. How can a decade pass without seeing friends … I really can’t be that old.

Our friends have a nearly six-year old girl, and we went to The Green Turtle, which runs a special on Tuesday’s where kids eat for free. It was the first dinner that Caleb ate on the whole trip – chicken tenders, chips, and apple slices.

We then walked along the creek. The area has been built up significantly since we lived in Frederick in the 90s with cafes and boutiques. The boys liked the visit to Frederick, and it was our first night of the trip where Caleb easily went to sleep without a fuss.