Huckleberry Railroad

On Saturday we were going to go to Mackinac Island but the frugal part of me decided it probably wasn't the best idea so instead I found something a bit more affordable to do. We went to Huckleberry Railroad and Crossroads Village in Flint. They do a fun Halloween themed train and village there. The forecast said rain for the entire day and I was worried it was going to be a bust but the rain held off and it ended up being a total blast!

The first thing we did when we got there was ride the steam train. There were Halloween cut outs all along the way for the kids to look at and a fun announcer who told silly jokes for the first half of the ride and then turned on fun Halloween songs for the way back. It was a 40 minute train ride total so it wasn't too long, Penny only got a tid bit fussy for the last few minutes. Unfortunately, another mom in our train car was not so lucky and her little one pretty much screamed and cried the entire time. I felt so bad for that poor lady.

Lucy looking out the window, the beautiful Fall colors were definitely a bonus for us adults:

After the train ride we got to go trick or treating through the village. There were different themed house (Alice in Wonderland, Little Red Riding Hood, Pirates...) and each house carried a different kind of treat to hand out. Our most favorite was the Twix station, Grandma hit that one twice and the cafeteria where we got doughnuts and cider (which Benny spilled all over). Our least favorite would have to be the Cider Mill, that handed out apples- super lame ;)

There was also lots of fun set ups through out the village. There was this fun forest where "the trees have eyes":

And a Minion themed straw maze where Benny and Lucy decided to just come back out the entry point and only Steven and Grandma preserved to the finish:

A grave yard with witty grave stones:

(it says "Stay Scary"}

And Scooby Doo and Shaggy:

Tyler and Penny got locked up for eating too much candy:

And as if the train ride and village weren't enough fun, we got to ride the Genesee Belle Paddlewheel Riverboat:

The boat made for a windy ride and Penny was a bit done with all the fun at that point but I managed to keep her from totally breaking down with goldfish and lollipops and the Fall colors were absolute perfection:

After the boat ride we were all properly pooped and would have all probably been happy to go home and take a rest but we had a Halloween party to go to that our friends, the Schnieder's, were throwing so off to that we went. It turned out to be a really nice time with yummy Halloween themed food and good friends and it was the perfect way to end our day.