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i found these in my dad's office the other day. i thought they were just boring until i realized what they were: my first train ride! this was on a line from nashville to chicago, summer of '99 or '00...i can't remember. it was a great first train: we got to chicago in two days!
god, i look like such a hippee! hee hee...oh, i just realized i think these last two were taken on a different train. i think probably the one that took us out of chicago into wisconsin, minesota, and eventually fargo, north dakota.
looking at these pictures, i'm kind of angry at myself for not going. i know andrew was looking forward to going too. it's fine though. life happens, and this summer other things got in the way. the only time i would have gone is when the math lab closed this month, and i thought i would be working well into september then, until i gave adam those extra hours. by then it was too late. plans were made and took the place of more distant plans. geez...those double stacks look so nice though....
well, i'm on a less experiential journey right now through 12th century europe, turkey and the middle east, and looks like we'll be going into persia today too with louis l'amor's classic "the walking drum." yeah, i'm a slow reader, but that's only 'cause i stop reading for long periods.
i think first i need to water some plants...i think i feel more affinity for plants than i do animals. to put it in a way that totally ruins my point, i'd rather be in a forest with no animals than in a dirt field full of animals. hehe, don't worry smith! i'll still feed the family before i water the plants! :P
god, i look like such a hippee! hee hee...oh, i just realized i think these last two were taken on a different train. i think probably the one that took us out of chicago into wisconsin, minesota, and eventually fargo, north dakota.
looking at these pictures, i'm kind of angry at myself for not going. i know andrew was looking forward to going too. it's fine though. life happens, and this summer other things got in the way. the only time i would have gone is when the math lab closed this month, and i thought i would be working well into september then, until i gave adam those extra hours. by then it was too late. plans were made and took the place of more distant plans. geez...those double stacks look so nice though....
well, i'm on a less experiential journey right now through 12th century europe, turkey and the middle east, and looks like we'll be going into persia today too with louis l'amor's classic "the walking drum." yeah, i'm a slow reader, but that's only 'cause i stop reading for long periods.
i think first i need to water some plants...i think i feel more affinity for plants than i do animals. to put it in a way that totally ruins my point, i'd rather be in a forest with no animals than in a dirt field full of animals. hehe, don't worry smith! i'll still feed the family before i water the plants! :P