Today, the kids and I took advantage of the last day of free rides on the new light rail. It was pretty busy, but not bad. We stood a lot, but standing up in a moving vehicle is a novelty for the kids, so no complaints. 
(Don't worry, they're not leaning agains the door as the sign forbids. Just close) We rode almost the whole line; from the second stop on the west side to the second stop on the east side. That stop is about two miles from my parents' house, so they picked us up and we hung out at their house for a while. We had lunch with them and visited for a little bit, and then they drove us back to the train stop.
I wanted to get on the train by 3:00 so we'd be on the way before rush hour, but that sort of backfired. Turns out the Insight Bowl started at 4:00, so ALL the fans were riding the train to Sun Devil Stadium. Oops.
We had to wait at the stop for two trains before there was one with enough room for us. Then there were more people getting on at the other stops, so we were packed like sardines! But that was only for a couple of miles and most of them got off. We got to sit down for the last half of our ride home.
It was a different way to spend the day. We had a good time & saw a lot of stuff!
7 comments:
Sounds like fun! I totally wanted to take my kids on that, but we didn't get around to it. It's great that it almost gets you to your parents!
So, Kandice, the review leaves me with one question: do you think it would be worth the fare to ride it? (something of great interest to those of us who missed the railcar last year)
Hi Tea!
Hmm... it depends. We drove out of our way to get on at 19th Ave & Camelback, so not extremely convenient. If it came closer to home, I'd find reasons to ride it. It did take over an hour to get to the other end. But for a $3 round-trip and kids under 6 are free... not bad just for something to do. It was a good way to get a surface tour of downtown & ASU.
Sounds like it's worth a 'novelty' ride for our crew. Thanks Kandice!
My kids would have loved a ride...maybe someday!
sound fun for a trip with the kids... we'll have to try it one day.
I wanted to ride it while it was still free, but we never got around to it. Sounds like a fun adventure!
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