I have driven past the golden spike my whole life, but have never stopped to see what it was all about. I noticed they were having their Winter Steam fest going on this weekend, so we had an impromptu adventure up north. I packed up the kids and we drove an hour north waaaay out in the boonies to experience the golden spike event. Their museum was really interesting with lots of history and artifacts surrounding the mid to late 1800s. We saw the steam engine blow its steam, toot its horn, and blow its whistle. It was loud! We got to ride on a motor railcar, and a pumper car. We had hot chocolate and stopped at the Golden Spike restaurant on our way out of town. It was a fun couple of hours to get the kids out of the house and off of the tv for a while.
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