Zach And His GeoTrax

11 Feb 2008

My son Zach's favorite things in the world right now are Hot Wheels, Legos, and trains. Over the last year or so we've been amassing quite a collection of GeoTrax items. Last night he wanted to play "night trains", so I constructed an elaborate railroad system for him, then we shut off all the lights and ran the railroad. A couple of things like the lighthouse and bridge light up when the train goes by, so he really gets a kick out of it. I have fun with it too- we never had anything like GeoTrax when I was a kid. The closest I can think of is an old electric train I used to play with in my grandparent's basement that sparked and always smelled like burning electronics. It would probably be considered a fire hazard today.

There's a whole GeoTrax subculture out there for the hardcore folks. Here are a few links:

GeoTrax World
GeoTrax Blog
GeekDad Blog
Wikipedia