Hallowe'en at Crossroads Village & Huckleberry Railroad

Sunday the 25th was a gorgeous day, so we decided to take the grandkids to Crossroads Village in flint, Michigan.  The Genessee County Parks maintains a "village" of transplanted houses, with an old Railroad (including a working 1903 Steam Engine with passenger cars that go back as far as 1870.  It runs for a couple of miles thru the forest, with ghosts, ghoulies, goblins and such all thru the trees.  It's great fun for the kids.  There's a 20-stop tour through the village with treats at each stop, and lots of folks (including Luvly Dotter and the G-kids) show up in costume.

The village also includes a tour boat, a FANTASTIC carousel and a couple of other vintage rides.

Herewith, photos of the best Sunday afternoon I've spent in a while...

Crossroads Village Main Street

Tower o' Squash (Last year - no sucha thing this year)

Let's go find some CANDY!!!

Apples in th' sawmill

A working primitive sawmill

Posing for PaPa Chuck's Gather Friends

Where to next?

Rough-slab buildings (houses?)

Drago's Den

Pretty little Oak                     Oak Leaves

Leaves leavin'

Steam engine for farm equipment such as a thresher

Parker 1912 Carousel House  Carousel Historical Info

Carousel Panel                   Fighting "G"s (That's one FAST Carousel)

Sulky Carousel (photo from 2008 we didn't ride this year)

Tour Boat )Last Year)

Ready for the next one              Entering the cave!

Straw maze

School House

Taking the LONG View

Octo-house

Outhouse                                   Bring a Friend?

Avast! Pirate House

Luvly Leaves

Takin' a break

Boney Bubba                          Jacob th' Jawa

Little Log House

Witchs' House

All Aboard th' Huckleberry Railroad!!!

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