I long to hear that "All Aboard".....

Since you have all been CLAMORING to know what my summer travel plans are, I thought I'd tell you about my upcoming train trip!

I am flying to Chicago in May, and taking the "Lakeshore Limited" to New York City. After a few days there, I will be Acela-ing to Boston, and then down to DC, where I will return to Chicago via the "Capitol Limited" and flying back to Seattle.

Yes, I know - flying is dreadful and tacky, but I just didn't have the extra time, and I thought I should try the eastern trains for a change. Besides, the Colonel and I are considering a trip down to Yosemite later this summer, and we would be taking the "Coast Starlight" and the "San Joaquins" to get there (NOBODY whos ANYBODY takes a car to a National Park anymore)

It should be an interesting trip for several reasons, not the least of which is to observere how the totally inept, non-fiscally responsible, Republican Congress-mandated "simplified Dining Service" is working. In GOP land, it is considered sound business to micro-manage a miniscule public program that people actually use, and that pays actual living wages, rather than the money they are pouring down the twin ratholes of Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as (I fear soon) Iran.

Anyway, enough of the Republican bashing (except to add one more time that they suck, and the people who vote for them are idiots, and that Bush should be impeached). Suffice to say, I'll let you know how the trip went.