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Old 07-17-2007, 11:53 AM   #17
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Default Don't do it!!!!

My children and I call the Cog Railroad the dirty, old, smelly train. Depending on the way the wind is blowing (and it is always blowing) the smoke blows back into the train cars. The ride takes forever. You get no time at the top. And the cost is ridiculous. I have done it and will never do it again - no matter how much my kids beg (which they never have).

We have taken the vans up. The price is good. The views are great. You get lots of information along the way. Only a 1/2 hour at the top.

My boys and I drive up now every August. We look out the window at our house on the lake. If we can see the mountains to the north, we go. I drive. Me, who learned to drive in Massachusetts. I drive an SUV and have no trouble (as long as no one is stuck on the side of the road which has happened to us). Yes, part of the road is not paved. No problem. You get a CD to listen to up and back. The cost is cheap. You can stop and check out the view in the many turn-outs along the way. You can spend as much time at the top as you want.

We wouldn't do it any other way now. If my husband comes, though, well, then he would drive and that would stink.

You will need a jacket as it can get very cold. It was 40 degrees when we went last summer. We could see 80 miles.

Jersey Girl
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