Lesson number 1: Never complain about the length of a cross-country train ride. Why? Because a 60hr. train couldn't possibly get longer, could it? Well, it can. After a train derailment in Ottumbwa, IA(not ours thankfully!), we found ourselves 6 hours behind. Which became 8.5hrs. Which became one more hour on our transfer in Sacramento. But it was nothing a couple PB&J's, avocado and cheese sandwiches and goldfish couldn't fix.
68.5 hours went by surprisingly quickly, considering the people we met along the way - we had lunch with our siblings Megan and Dan in Chicago, we met a Polish animator named Tom, George the history buff, Tony from San Fran and Jeffrey the chinese tourist...just to name a few.
We arrived in Dunsmuir, CA in the wee hours of the morning. Saw Turtle Dawn (or maybe Turtle Don) on his way and got a hearty breakfast before embarking on phase 2.
And what do you know about royal railside moonings!? Ben and Sean know plenty. Approximately 10 butts, mostly young adolescent fishermen, but some surprises like the blondie moon. It sure is hard to feel offended by a blondie moon.
DESTROY!!
ReplyDeleteThis crew I'm with is all about joining me on challenges. We're currently eating 2lbs of Boston Creme each and it sucks. Tarahumara resupply when we get a good resupply town. Check out Born To Run when you can.
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