Planes, Trains, Boats, and Automobiles!

What a glorious day we had today! We woke early and had a quick and easy breakfast in our Little Rock House. Jeff enjoyed a bowl of "inferior" raisin bran (he is a confessed raisin bran snob, and if it isn't Post Raisin Bran, it's "inferior"), and I enjoyed just one cup of coffee before Jeff rushed us out of the house and down to the station. I went to pick up our tickets and sit in the ticket office in my favorite rocking chair while Jeff took many of the same pictures he took yesterday of the locomotive taking on water and other such things. I had a lovely chat with a woman in her late 70s and what appeared to be her older sister. They live in El Paso, Texas, and were in Chama just for the day and overnight to ride the train. The older sister was a bit mobility impaired, but she downplayed it while she spoke with the docent. I suggested that they investigate the accommodations, which turned out to be a ramp that they placed in the middle of the train t...

  The Trip Begins: Boston to Chama ~ September 27, 2023 After a lovely four days visiting with first one daughter (Aimee) and then the other (Bethany), we rose at the crack of dawn (dragging Bethany out of bed) to head to Logan Airport for our 6:00 a.m. flight from Boston to Dallas.  Traffic was light, and we breezed through security (thanks in part to TSA Precheck) and headed to our gate.  Jeff grabbed a bagel, and I worked hard to keep my eyes open until our flight was called.  We decided to do carry-ons only, which also made the process seamless.  We were fortunate to have a less-than-full plane, so there was no one seated in the middle seat, making for a much more comfortable ride.  We landed ahead of schedule and made our way to our connecting flight, settling in for a moment before hearing the announcement that our gate had been changed to another terminal.  We hustled to the new gate, dragging the aforementioned carry-ons.  I was grumbling ...