Are you a LD Amtrak train addict? Signs that you might be:
1. You schedule your train rides way out - say six months or more.
2. You don't really *need* to go anywhere, you just want to ride the train.
3. Every day or two you goto amtrak.com and look at the schedule for your train and imagine that you might be passing through St. Louis just about now.
4. Every week or so you look at the route guide for your trip, just because.
5. You frequently check the on-time record of your train, and not because you really care if it's on-time.
6. You got bedroom C. You find yourself often going to look at the pictures of the bedrooms. Not because you don't know what they look like (in fact, you can quote the dimensions of bedrooms a,b,c,d and e) but because it's YOUR bedroom.
7. You have a designated train travel bag with all your train carry on paraphernalia that you pull out of your closet for each trip. In it is duc tape, a radio scanner, and other miscellaneous items.
8. You find yourself driving up to the local rail station (or just some set of tracks somewhere) because the local amtrak train is passing by. It gives you a cheap high just to watch the train pull in and pull out of the station. Under your breath you mutter "Lucky Ba_____ds!!!" to each passenger getting on.
9. While on the train, you find yourself praying that it will not just be delayed getting to your destination, but *very* delayed. Each passing minute on the train is like heaven to you. Since this is the case, God certainly must be close by.
10. As long as it's a long trip, and you have sleeper accommodation's, you don't care WHERE the train is going.
1. You schedule your train rides way out - say six months or more.
2. You don't really *need* to go anywhere, you just want to ride the train.
3. Every day or two you goto amtrak.com and look at the schedule for your train and imagine that you might be passing through St. Louis just about now.
4. Every week or so you look at the route guide for your trip, just because.
5. You frequently check the on-time record of your train, and not because you really care if it's on-time.
6. You got bedroom C. You find yourself often going to look at the pictures of the bedrooms. Not because you don't know what they look like (in fact, you can quote the dimensions of bedrooms a,b,c,d and e) but because it's YOUR bedroom.
7. You have a designated train travel bag with all your train carry on paraphernalia that you pull out of your closet for each trip. In it is duc tape, a radio scanner, and other miscellaneous items.
8. You find yourself driving up to the local rail station (or just some set of tracks somewhere) because the local amtrak train is passing by. It gives you a cheap high just to watch the train pull in and pull out of the station. Under your breath you mutter "Lucky Ba_____ds!!!" to each passenger getting on.
9. While on the train, you find yourself praying that it will not just be delayed getting to your destination, but *very* delayed. Each passing minute on the train is like heaven to you. Since this is the case, God certainly must be close by.
10. As long as it's a long trip, and you have sleeper accommodation's, you don't care WHERE the train is going.