Whistle Stop

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I am back from my nephew's high school graduation.


We took a train through 4 states.

I had not been on a train in 20 years and it was an experience. It was over 22 hours from point A to point B. The car ride would have taken about 19 hours.

Going down to my brother's house was not so bad but the ride back was interesting to say the least. We rode 20 hours without air-conditioning. That is, our section of the train and only our section of the train did not have air-conditioning. It was so hot I felt like I had stepped out of a swimming pool with all my clothes on. I was wet from my head to my toes. The people in the front part of our train car along with the other cars had so much air conditioning they would come to our section just to warm up. The people in our section would go to the observation deck and lounge to get air.

The sad part about all this was the lack of costumer service by the engineer, conductors and porters. They kept apologizing for being late for dinner reservations and not having a credit card machine but not once did they apologize to the passengers in the sweat box. The man who ran the lounge car refused to give us extra ice which we Had to purchase a drink in order to get the da** cup of ice in the first place.

It was so sad I had to laugh in order to keep from crying.

When I finally got home I felt like I had sweated off 10 pounds. To my surprise when I weighed myself, I had lost about 5 pounds!

Well I enjoyed myself during my trip to see my brother and family. I am proud of my nephew, who graduated in the top 10 of his high school class of over 600 graduates. Leaving my brother and family was bitter sweet. I miss them so much it was hard to say goodbye.

Hey bro and sis if you are reading this thanks again for your hospitality.

Then again it was time to get back to the DH, I was missing him.

Peace