Today, Dad and Nigel took a Trax train to the Gateway shopping mall for an adventure. First up was Dick's Sporting Goods, where they played with exercise machines, lifted heavy weights, threw various balls around, took the escalators up and down several times. Nigel worried that the game animals stuffed and mounted on the wall would talk, and he didn't like that idea.
Next up was the Apple computer store, to return an item. Nigel wanted to have a turn playing games on the computers, but they were all in-use, with other kids waiting for a turn, so they left right away and headed over to the fountain and the big fire-pit, which Nigel calls "the big fire".
After that, it was on to the Barnes & Noble bookstore, to play with their train table and get cleaned up. The train table was busy and a bit of pushing took place, with two to four kids trying to play at the table simultaneously.
Finally, they took the train back home, sharing dried apricots and conversation with a man who had a grandson about Nigel's age. He told about how his dog (a mastiff) would carry the grandson around on his back, and when the boy fell off, the dog would go and lie down so the boy could climb back on. It sounded like a lot of fun.
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