Today is the Last for the Season!

TODAY IS THE LAST RAILROAD PUMPKIN DAY AT THE CK&S RAILROAD!

It should be a beautiful day and our pumpkins are running thin!

Our departures are at 11:00, 1:00, and 3:00 (watch the time change!) and we have openings left on all three runs!

Click on the railroad's website (see below post) for the details and directions or go to the Henry County Convention and Visitors Bureau for an "overall" description of the attraction.

I hope to see you there for our last day in 2006!

Pumpkin Time at the Railroad!

UPDATED - OCTOBER 27, 2006

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This is the last weekend of our season that features our Pumpkin Patch Runs at the Carthage, Knightstown, and Shirley Railroad.

For those who don't know, this is my family's railroad located in Knightstown, Indiana. Every October, they add a "twist" to their regularly scheduled train runs in October. The train runs on Fridays at 11:00 and on Saturdays and Sundays at 11:00, 1:00 and 3:00 each day. Each run last about one-and-one-half hours and includes two stops. The train departs from Knightstown, Indiana and heads south to Carthage, Indiana. We stop the train for a restroom and refreshment break and on the return trip to Knightstown, we stop the train beside a field that we have filled with pumpkins. There, every child present (THROUGH AGE ELEVEN ONLY) is allowed to pick out a free pumpkin for Halloween.

RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED!!! We presently have openings on all runs for Saturday and Sunday but they are sure to begin selling out by the end of today (Friday). Fares are: $7.00 for those aged 12 and above, $5.00 for children age 3 through 11, and children aged two and under are free (but they still may receive a pumpkin!). Call the CK&S Railroad depot at (765) 345-5561 to place your reservations before it is too late. Leave your name, telephone number, desired date and departure time, and number of adults, children, and those two and under who will be in your party.

TICKET RESERVATIONS are guaranteed until one-half hour prior to departure. After that time, they may be released for general sale.

Come on out! It will be great to see you! Email me if you have any questions!

Feast of the Hunter's Moon

Perfect weather led to a most perfect Feast of the Hunter's Moon in West Lafayette, Indiana last weekend. For those who are unaware of this event, it is a HUGE historical reeactment of the time period the primary French trading fort existed in this area along the Wabash River in the 1700s. The fort was Fort Quiatenon.

The weather was perfect on both Saturday and Sunday and each night, we enjoyed a brilliant full moon that lit up the grounds like daylight. I highly encourage everyone to bookmark this website and try to come out next year. Bring you children! You could not ask for a better (and more enjoyable) educational opportunity for them. The website for this event is: tcha.mus.in.us/feast.htm.