Chug-A Chug-A

On a recent Sunday, we realized we had a whole day with no plans and a 2-year-old who needed some entertainment. So, we decided to take a train ride to downtown Los Angeles via the Metrorail. We rode three trains for an hour to Union Station (much longer than a car ride there, by the way), just to get out of the house.



Holden loved it and was so excited. He kept saying, "Chug-A Chug-A, Chug-A Chug-A, Choo-Choo!" We thought it was adorable, but the other passengers didn't quite agree. What Holden didn't realize was that the line passed through parts of Los Angeles otherwise unexplored by his parents - and for good reason. We rode through Watts and South Central Los Angeles, where some of the city's most, uh, colorful and, uh, interesting residents are very unexcited about a ride on the Metro.




At Union Station, we had a snack and a diaper change and went to see the real trains. We don't have any pictures of the passenger liners, though, because Holden was so scared and overwhelmed by their size and noise that we had to leave the platform immediately! He loves trains, but it is something else to see them so up close and personal!