On the road, or rather, tracks
Greetings from the train! I am on vacation this week traveling via Amtrak to visit my grandparents from Iowa. The train is awesome, I don’t get much opportunity down in the southern areas to travel this way.
I find trains very conducive to crafting – I have spent a good 4 hours crocheting and embroidering today and more time reading and sleeping.. I am also lucky to be married to a guy who’s good with tech, so we’re outfitted with movies, TV, portable Internet and video games. Pretty much every massive time-waster invented by modern America.
Wow, the train just did something fairly stomach churning. Next stop is maybe Arkadelphia or something. Happily I don’t have to care where I am because someone else is driving and in a couple of hours after some strenuous Angel-watching and a glass of wine, I will be going to sleep!
Actually, truth is that in addition to the welcome respite traveling this way offers, I find that my most rewarding trips aren’t just about destination. I’d hate to miss all the stuff between point A and point B, which is at least as interesting as the two endpoints. I just like to stop and smell all the flowers.
