Good bye Seattle and hello the rest of the Midwest ( again!) Why it seems only yesterday that I left you chilling the the breeze and now I hear that you are sweating in midsummer’s heat! What is going on there? And can I be part of it, because I have froze my little hoofies off out in the west where it was supposed to nice and toasty! ( and I notice that the forecasters were right about today at least in Edmonds Washington- it’s raining! Blah!)
One good thing in all this weather blather is it will be light when we get to the good stuff in Montana! You know, Mountains, glaciers, scenic stuff! That’s what I am talking about! And there will be pictures!
One note about Seattle’s King street station, just before I left I found out that they did have vending machines, one pop machine and one munchies machine, not much to assuage the hungry traveler but enough I guess, although I did notice on ravenous young man made numerous trips back and forth for more munchies and seemed not satisfied. They also have the boarding process down pretty well, unlike the Los Angeles cat herding technique. First they tell you what they want you to do, then they line you up in designated areas, one for passengers who need help, passengers who are sleeping car bound and finally the coach passengers. Then, in single file, they examine your ticket and tell you which car you need to get on, it is all very orderly and efficencent. We didn’t lose a passenger and we left on time. ( of course it helped that the train was at the platform!)
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