Eli's Eleven

Eli turned 11 today. We had a small scale party at home after supper. He opened some cards and gifts and we had cake. "Cash" seemed to be the gift of choice this year. He's excited, because he can spend it on Legos, or some "cool" shirts, or some die-cast fire trucks. Last weekend we rode over to Bryson City for RailFest. It was very nice. Plenty of vendors, but a nice fire and rescue vehicle parade at midday. The boys got to ride a vintage rig, and caught a ride on a little track car. Later on the GSMR excursion arrived. It was fun remembering our past rides (2 of them). We also ate some good BBQ from the Bryson City FD. Here pictures of all this and more from the past month or so.