When William Least Heat-Moon toured the country many years ago, his steed, if you will, was a van that he named Ghost Dancing. His journey of America was 13,000 miles. His book is Blue Highways, A Journey Into America. My steed will be a Subaru WRX (traded for an XV Crosstrek). My travels will be, what in the past were called, the blue highways of Virginia. Years ago, maps showed secondary roads in blue. Yes, the ones less traveled.
Sunday, November 19, 2017
Trains, Trains, Trains...Two Amazing Stories....
I like trains. That said, the last time I rode a train was in the fifties. Yes, that was a while back. Went from Shreveport to Virginia Beach. What I best remember was the great food. There was a galley or kitchen and the folks actually cooked the food. Cloth napkins, heavy stainless utensils, the works. And, the coffee was great. Where was I? What happened in Japan when the train left twenty seconds, yes, twenty seconds early? Of course, there was an apology!!!! And, here in the States there is a train station run completely by volunteers. Amazing, take a look here.
Are you a fan of trains? Well, you can sit at your computer and watch them.
Wow....Kudos to them for being so polite. Need a little more of that over here.
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