Travelog post for: Horatio

Wow, what an exciting day! First we went to the local comic book store and guess what it's named?


That's right it's my kind of lair!

Next we went to the local botanical gardens which had a special area dedicated to trains.


I got to sit on the part of the map where the Transcontinental Railroad met.

Next we looked at the trains. The first was Big Boy.


It was a bit hard to see the inside.


I got to sit on the front. It makes me look like such a tiny dragon.


I also got to sit on the front of the other train called the Continental.


We also got to see a view of the Missouri River from where we were. It's flooded quite a bit.


Now it was time to see the flowers! I got to smell a hibiscus.


And these are balloon flowers.


There were also a lot of sculptures by an artist named Jun Kaneko. This was my favorite one called Velocity.


I got to make a wish in the English Tea Garden. Can't tell you what I wished for though or it won't come true!


It was such a relaxing garden. I wish they really did serve tea there.


This was the pergola in the garden.


They have special wooden models of all the important buildings in Omaha in their outdoor model train exhibit. This is the Rose Blumkin Performing Art Center.


And this is the train passing by.


There was a stegosaurus in the children's garden!


Though I found the hare to be much friendlier.


They have a replica of Mount Fuji here that is 400x smaller then the real Mount Fuji. The gate in the middle was a gift from Omaha's sister city Shizuoka.


Here we are at the top of the mini Mount Fuji. We said our prayers there because it is a real sacred site in Shintoism.


On our way back we saw this stone lantern that had the Twelve signs of the Chinese Zodiac on it. I got my picture next to the year of the Dragon picture.


This was the Rose Garden. It smelled so pretty!


There was also wildlife at the Gardens. I got to talk with a very informative snail.


Finally I got to see the koi pond. They were very friendly.


It was a super exciting time!