Arriving at the Hotel

View from our room upon arrival...

This year was the first year that we were able to leave home for the train show by lunchtime, or even whenever we wanted, so we could arrive by check-in time. In the past, we always had to wait for Adam to get out of school before heading out of town. 

We are now empty-nesters so we have the freedom to leave home whenever we desire! Liza, however, had to wait until she was finished with her teaching school day which meant that Liza and the grandchildren would not arrive at the hotel until later in the evening. When the kids arrived at the hotel for their first train show, we were all in the lobby lounge area enjoying a few beverages and waiting for them to arrive so we could order some pizza.

The hotel lobby with some of our party at the front desk...

Liza tells us that the kids were a bit confused when they left home... and understandably so. All of us had been reminding them all week long that we will be going to a train show for the weekend... all of us. I think the first thing that confused them was that nobody was with them when they left home for the train show. 

Then... they drove for three hours... far from all of us who claimed to be going to this train show with them. I suspect they may have felt there was a change of plans and a train show with their family might not be in these plans.

When they came into the lobby it was obvious that the kids were a bit confused and bewildered by such a drastic change in scenery (rural to their first city visit) and that all of us were there waiting for them... all in the same room.  

Although it is not one of the more exciting video clips I have shot, here is a clip of the kids arriving at the hotel and noticing all of us there in the lobby lounge....