Riding the "Heber Creeper"

When the engineer found out my son also worked for the University of Utah, as did the hogger himself, a cab visit was in order.

 

 

Before departure, the sheriff and his deputies rounded up the bad guys, but some escaped and a shoot-out occurred.

 

 

The train included coaches and a snack bar car.

 

 

 

Scenery varied from farms to fields to the reservoir. (Barn photo by M. Zey, posted with permission.)

 

 

After 45 minutes of scenery, sing-a-longs, fun, the locomotive ran around the train for the return.

 

 

 

It was dark by the time we reached Heber City, for a total ride of 1 hour, 30 minutes.

 

Were the kids happy? I'd say so. (Photo by M. Zey, posted with permission.)

 

 

The Heber Valley Railroad was a fun ride, with beautiful scenery.

 

You can read more about it at its website.

Looks like you had a great time. Fantastic photos.

Really neat!

 

Bill.....you know how to do retirement right!

 

Peter

Nice pictures! Thanks for posting.

This is a tourist road I was not aware of, and I thought "Heber Creeper" was what they

called that tourist road out of Eureka Springs, Ark. (oddly quaint town)?  I visited it,

but did not ride it.

".....you know how to do retirement right!"

 

Well, not really, Peter. While I am retired from clinical practice, I still work 40 hrs. a week in my "encore career." I'm a Medical Consultant to our State Disability Determination Services. We adjudicate applications from Marylanders for Social Security Disability. The job entails reviewing records and other medical evidence, and working with the case analysts to make decisions in accordance with the law. It is far more interesting and challenging than I had ever imagined, and I've been doing it now for 15 years. Maybe at 71 I should think about hanging it all up, but why, when I can still be of use?

 

OK, time to go, have to be at work at 7.  LOL!