We spent part of the day with our pal Gabe at the Tilden Steam Train. Gabe grew up in Berkeley so he had been “riding the rails” since he was a kid, and our kids had visited once before with our nanny, but BJ and I had not ever been, and were looking forward to it.

The ride is longer, and more polished than I had expected, and the wait, even on a Saturday, wasn’t as bad as I feared. The kids loved it, and begged for more. Instead we had a picnic lunch and spent some time taking silly pictures in the nearby woods.

All in all it was a swell time.