Canadian Pacific Holiday Train

We had a great Thanksgiving weekend and today is the first time I've had a chance to share some photos and video. The first thing I want to share is a video that I shot while we watched a Christmas concert on the colorfully and brightly decorated Canadian Pacific Holiday Train.

Our holiday weekend began with entertaining friends at our house on Thanksgiving Day... I'll write more on that and share some photos another time. 

Then, on Friday morning, we headed to the rugged Adirondack Mountains to spend the rest of our long holiday weekend in beautiful Saratoga Springs. I haven't been to Saratoga in a few decades so it was nice to get back there and spend some time!

Our primary purpose of visiting Saratoga Springs was to see Canadian Pacific's Holiday Train as it pulled into the station. If you've never had an opportunity to see this brightly lit and colorful train, you should!

Once the train pulled into Saratoga's surprisingly nice train station... amid many hundreds of people excited to catch a glimpse of it... we were then entertained to a short Christmas concert by Kelly Prescott and Doc Walker. Once the train stopped, the whole side of one of the boxcars dropped open into a stage... steam billowed out of the boxcar... and a short musical concert ensued! 

Of course, while we were in Saratoga, we did many other things as well... some restaurants, some parks, a museum, some shopping, walking around town, and we stayed in a beautiful old inn.

It was a beautiful night with Christmas in the air... some remnants of our last snowfall still scattered around here and there... the weather was beautiful... the crowd was happy and excited... and everyone had a great time!