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How do you have fun with a kid all day for $10? Tri-Rail to Miami!
It might not jump out at you at first as a kiddie attraction. But kids love trains, and we have one running through South Florida every day, all the time. It's called Tri-Rail.
My nephew Logan Smeltzer was here visiting me this weekend. He lives in a small town in Oklahoma, and he loved the idea of taking the train to Miami.
To get to Miami from Fort Lauderdale we took Tri-Rail, then Metrorail, then Metromover.
All for $5 each, roundtrip.
When we got to downtown Miami, we ate lunch and looked at all the big sculptures of public art, peeked in the library and snapped photos here and there.
We had an awesome time. Like so much in life, it's not about what you do when you reach your destination. It's about the journey.
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Comments
You should have taken him down to the Gold Coast Railroad Museum near Metro-Zoo for a whole railroading day.
Posted by: Chuckl | July 7, 2009 2:28 PM
That's the really cool thing about taking mass transit to downtown Miami. There's a lot to do there just walking in a short area, I think at the Government Center stop.
Posted by: Brittany Wallman | July 7, 2009 8:51 PM
How true. My toddler/preschool boys are so fascinated with Tri-Rail that they shout, "the bluey train!" when we see it from the highway. Now if only they sold wooden toy trains like those cool ones from the NYC subway...
Posted by: Matthew | July 8, 2009 11:43 AM
My nephew loved that we got to sit on the top floor. The trains have three levels.
Posted by: Brittany Wallman | July 8, 2009 11:45 AM