We left Chicago yesterday; thankfully getting out despite all the flooding. Woke up this morning to sunny skies and flat land! I had looked at the Geocaching website to see if there was anything to be found along our route at any of the longer stops that the train makes. When it makes "service" stops, it stops for about 1/2 hour so a quick grab of a cache is possible if it's close enough. Sure enough, someone had placed one right across the street from the Amtrak station in Minot, ND. The train pulled in, the doors opened and we were [View Full Entry]

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Quietness. Upon the dawn, the chirping of birds. How pleasant it is here on Sauk Lake. The geese and ducks wander nearby as we prepare to start our day. A long, hot shower on a cool spring morning, a bowl of oatmeal with raisins, toast with crunchy peanut butter, it doesn‘t get any better than this. The nights have been in the forties, but our van has stayed in the fifties at night, very comfortable sleeping temperature. Continuing on Route 94 we are traveling along prairies. Passing a pond on the side of the road, we spot what looks like white [View Full Entry]

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Again I sit in an airport, only this time it's in Cleveland. I've completed 2 of my 3 flights in my journey home. The next and final departs at 6:05 so I've got about an hour or so until they begin boarding. Thankfully this time I've managed to get myself set up in a Club Lounge so I've got the free refreshments and wireless thing going which always makes waiting a little more pleasant. To recap, I last wrote the day before my birthday so I'll pick it up from there. First off, thanks to all for the birthday wishes which [View Full Entry]

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Greetings from Minot! Well I've been here going on a full 4 days and I honestly can't say that it feels a whole lot different from being anywhere else. But I'm getting ahead of myself. To start with, I had no idea the stress that awaited me after I signed off the last time in the PHL airport. My flight was delayed due to another flight coming in which killed my layover time on my next flight. Now you might say, "Cool! Who likes a layover anyway?" Well, I do if it means the difference between having some time to [View Full Entry]

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And so it begins. I'm at PHL right now killing time before my flight (turns out I was roughly 3 hours early!!!) This was not my original plan. I mean, yes, those of you who know me know full well my tendency towards being early to things, but not quite to THIS extent. But let me justify. I was somewhat limited in my options... I had to go from work to PHL in time for a 5:45pm flight. I could have left at 3:00, but doing so would have meant potentially cutting it close as I would be contending with [View Full Entry]

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