Hobo RR and Clark’s Trading Post TR with Photo’s

**Michael C** · #1 07-18-2007, 07:02 PM

I tagged along on a trip to Clarks with my Brother and Sister in law since I hadn’t been in a couple of years. We got a mid morning start and got to the White Mountains around 11:00 am. We Pulled into Hobo to see if they were doing tours of the Yankee flyer rehab. They weren’t but they were having a celebration. Seems Hobo is turning 20 this year. We stopped and saw a couple of booths, toured the engine, and saw Clark’s Moxie car up close which was a big bonus.

We tried Moxie soda. Interesting, it has a very strong ginger after taste. We also tried some Hobo Stew and walked through the gift shop. Got to low inside information on why the Ferris wheel was removed.

Started raining a little but we wrapped things up at Hobo Rail Road and hoped over to Clarks Trading post. I paid he new admission price of $15.00 dollars and my brother and sister in law used there season passes. We walked through the door way onto the station platform and our day had begun.

Walked passed the Locomotive and looked at the parks new old Time Photo building. It has been expanded since my last visit and looks great. They can handle 3 groups at a time. After checking on prices we walked over to the Syrup cabin and then over to the small museum. . Saw a new gazebo that was added to the park. My brother said that wasn’t there opening weekend when they were there. So it was good to see then making small additions in the absence of a high profile one.

Form there we watched the bear show. This is what Clark’s Trading post is known for. And the show still doesn’t disappoint. The show is full of Puns and Tries to be fun while putting on an entertaining show with an educational undertone.

**Michael C** · #2 07-18-2007, 07:04 PM

From there we opted to ride the train. With permission Granted we hopped aboard the Trains Locomotive. We try to do this at least once every trip. They were using the WMCRR number 2, Climax Locomotive today. They just installed a new boiler into it and returned it to service this year.

When we got back we watched the circus show. Fantastic performance, we ended up watching this show twice during out visit. The father did some Extreme limbo stunts and the Mother was mostly an assistant. The Daughters were the real stars of the show doing may complicated acts. The first show was at the bear show arena and the second was moved to the new Picnic gazebo do to rain.

We had already planed on having ice cream Sundays. So we did that next. We got a double scoop and a single scoop with make your own Sunday along with a soda. That ran be $8.50 total.

A bit stuffed from my Sunday we hit Merlin’s Mystical Mansion. I found out this trip that this Mad House was build in house. Always fun and worth a few rides. We took 6 rides over the course of the day including our last ride of the day.

We walked past the bumper boats and towards Tuttle’s Rustic house. I noticed that the new Kiddie playground style rock wall set up by the Old man Rock wall. It’s a very nice addition also new for this year.

**Michael C** · #3 07-18-2007, 07:06 PM

So it’s over to Tuttle’s Rustic house for a walk through. It’s a classic Crooked House, with many gags. It has 2 outdoor areas and 2 indoor rooms. The Guide was very energetic as were all the Employees today. That always makes the attraction better.

Well My sister in law was hungry and my brother in law also. So we walked back to the main part of the park to the Whistle Stop Station for more food. Chicken fingers, fries, a grilled cheese sandwich and a drink. Total came to $9.50 for this meal.

From there I hit the Bumper boats. I don’t know why I ride these. They don’t move at all and they have sprayers so it’s more about getting people wet then bumping people. And to make maters worse on this mildly cold day there was a family ganging up on any one getting on that was dry. So before I noticed I was very wet and extremely cold. Cold and a bit annoyed. Not to mentioned a bit pissed off. I watched the bear show which calmed me down.

After that we went on out second ride on the train. Was able to get on the Locomotive again which wormed me up and dried me off a little. Talked to the engineer about future expansions, seems they will expand the track if the money is there. The expanded track will cost some were in the range of 600,000 dollars.

After we got back we ended out day with a few more rides on Marlins Mystical Mansion. I also ran into an older couple and talked a little bit about Pine Island Park. A good day and allot of fun outside of getting very wet on the bumper boats. Hope to get back at least once before the end of the season.