DetroitDave
Train Attendant
I figured I’d document my travel back home to Detorit, MI via SWC.
A bit of backstory: Every couple of years, I like to plan a trip I call “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” (yes, after to movie…but hopefully with fewer hijinx!). This trip was planned for last year and was bumped. It begand with the 2021 Star Trek Las Vegas convention I was attending 8/10-8/15; then I drove through to Flagstaff and Albuquerque, hiking and visiting National Parks/Scenic Trails/Monuments, and staying at two AirBnBs (one in a yurt along a horse trail!) I visited 14 National parks that were on my list and a few other museums, too. A fantastic journey so far!
I dropped my luggage off at ABQ Alvarado station so I could return my rental and walk back. SWC #4 arrived at 11:24pm. I boarded Car #430, Room #2. My room wasn’t ready yet as the previous passenger just got off. The SCA (Pinky) is wonderful and prepped my roomette while I wandered to the SSL. Oddly, she didn’t have me on her list and thought I just purchased my ticket (in reality, I had re-booked it March 21st)
Amtrak police boarded and checked passengers so we were a bit tardy departing.
I took my lunch reservation for something light even though I brought some food to munch on. Friendly faces (or eyes…behind the masks
).
So far, so good!
A bit of backstory: Every couple of years, I like to plan a trip I call “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” (yes, after to movie…but hopefully with fewer hijinx!). This trip was planned for last year and was bumped. It begand with the 2021 Star Trek Las Vegas convention I was attending 8/10-8/15; then I drove through to Flagstaff and Albuquerque, hiking and visiting National Parks/Scenic Trails/Monuments, and staying at two AirBnBs (one in a yurt along a horse trail!) I visited 14 National parks that were on my list and a few other museums, too. A fantastic journey so far!
I dropped my luggage off at ABQ Alvarado station so I could return my rental and walk back. SWC #4 arrived at 11:24pm. I boarded Car #430, Room #2. My room wasn’t ready yet as the previous passenger just got off. The SCA (Pinky) is wonderful and prepped my roomette while I wandered to the SSL. Oddly, she didn’t have me on her list and thought I just purchased my ticket (in reality, I had re-booked it March 21st)
Amtrak police boarded and checked passengers so we were a bit tardy departing.
I took my lunch reservation for something light even though I brought some food to munch on. Friendly faces (or eyes…behind the masks
![Smiling face with smiling eyes :blush: 😊](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png)
So far, so good!