Sep 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
The day after seeing “Moulin Rouge,” Mom and I were supposed to take the train home at 12:30 the next day, Thursday, May 12th. I actually saw this little sign the day before, and thought it was cool because it depicted how Chicago used to look in 1779....
Nov 12, 2019 | Glacier 2019
The train arrived at the station right on time on Sunday morning, Sept. 22nd, and left promptly at 9:50. Here’s a picture of the river as we left the station. I didn’t take any more pictures most of the trip home. It was a fine trip, and we met some more...
Oct 5, 2019 | Glacier 2019
After a good night’s sleep, we spent all of Wednesday on the train to Glacier. They let us off the train sometimes, mostly so the smokers could light up. it was nice to get out in Shelby Montana, with about three hours to go before reaching our destination....
Oct 4, 2019 | Glacier 2019
I got back from my trip to Denver for my friend Christine’s funeral on the evening of Saturday, Sept. 7th. Three days later, Tuesday Sept. 10th, Kevin and I got on the train in Springfield bound for Glacier. so i had two days to pack. It was a crazy couple of...
Jul 31, 2016 | Wales 2015
the nice thing about disembarking from the Queen Mary is that it’s fast and efficient. we walked to our assigned place for disembarking…it was the Winter Garden again. Our scheduled departure was 9:50, but when we got that at 9:30, they started herding...
Sep 23, 2015 | Wales 2015
this day was mostly about the train ride, which was nice and relaxing. kevin spent a lot of time reading; he brought a few books with him, and got through at least two by the time our train trip was done. what was he going to read the rest of the trip? i, too,...
Sep 22, 2015 | Wales 2015
it’s convenient that the first day of our trip coincided with the first day of the month. we got up early cause the train was going to leave at 9:30 SHARP. First, we had to pet the kitties a little more. so sad to be leaving them for five weeks! but at least...
