A Train, Of Course

It was a choice between trains, planes and automobiles in today’s Daily Post prompt. I’ve taken trips in the latter two, but never a long distance trip via train. The idea of going cross country in a plane is exciting. I have no idea how I would fare, but I would be able to see sights I never get to see when driving. I could take pictures and video and a bathroom would always be at the ready. No waiting for rest stops. Bathrooms are a girl thing. We need them.

The advantage of a train over a plane is that I would be able to walk around and visit the other cars. My husband and I took our vacation in Sedona one year, and we took a train ride while there. It was an old fashioned train, and I paid for first class tickets. So did parents of toddlers. And babies. I felt sorriest for the waitress who was inundated with offers of Tylenol and aspirin at the end of the trip. She was lovely and maintained her professionalism throughout endless screaming fits. They must have been contagious, because as one began crying, the others followed. There was an open air car adjacent to a family car, but the parents evidently didn’t take the hint, or pay attention to the dagger-like stares from the rest of us. My head hurt too much from the screaming to turn around and stare at them myself, so my husband did double duty for the both of us. We would have done better in the open air car, even with all the cigarette smoke out there.

Still, trains are wonderful with all their moving parts. I would love to take one through Europe, as well as across the United States. I’ve only been in a few of our states, and traveling across our beautiful country would be amazing. It would be nice to travel around the edges, in a loop. That way, I would spend a fair portion of the trip along the coastline. Of course, I have no idea if there are train tracks that circle the country along its edges, but that’s what I’d like to do.

I’d also like to take a trip across the lower part of Canada, all the way to Nova Scotia. I have family from Scotland who settled there when our country was new, Cobequid Planters they were called. I’ve always been drawn to Nova Scotia. I had no idea why until I researched my ancestry and found that family had settled there. I love synchronicity. And if I could take that trip across Canada on a train, all the better. It’s expensive..I just checked. But you never know. Anything could happen.

I wonder if I can take a VitaMix on a train?

~Blessings to all!