A Toast to the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway — Goes a Train!

Settling into watch a video on the history of Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, I was shocked at the length of the video and worried, based on comments from my family, that it would take forever to get to the part where our uncle Steve Nichols talks about the Nichols family part of this story.  Preparing myself to fast-forward madly, there he was, our patriarch, looking and sounding great.  

It’s kind of a goofy production though.  Reminds me of “There Goes a Train” which our once three year old son adored, and called “Goes a Train.”  In it, “Engineer Dave”(who, as a young bored housewife, let’s be honest, I had a bit of a pathetic crush on) would always say things like “maybe Frank the station master has an idea what to do next.  Let’s go talk to Frank the station master.”  

ohmigod I found “There Goes a Train” on Youtube–crappy 90s quality!

Anyway, let’s raise our glasses the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, a masterful piece of engineering and a must do whenever you’re visiting the desert empire.  Nowhere else in the US can you zip from palms to pines thousands of feet in the air with unparalleled views.  Don’t miss it.   Together we can offer our ex 3 year old’s favorite utterance, “Goes a Train!”