I rode Sunnyvale from Mountain View to
San Jose. When I got there I saw Jackie Speier parked on the next
platform. I think Jackie is the only engine owned by CalTrans with the
same name a living politician.
I guess that being the first stop in
Texas, El Paso would have thought something about the question "what's
a state?" I didn't buy the shirt because they didn't have this art on
my size.
I think she said she
was from Michigan. I enjoyed talking to her, wherever she was going
back to.
After looking at that
great phone number, I found myself wondering it only works in FLA, or
if they field calls from around the nation. Their site also has a great
URL. Hopefully in that case the economies of scale are great enough
that everybody that needs gambling help can visit it without making the
bean counters nervous.
On the left, the
first picture I took in Georgia. On the right, the last. The guy that
gave my sisters daughter that Helium balloon said it had to be her last
one because of the Helium shortage.
After I took this
picture of the side of the train I rode into Mountain View on, there
was only a ten minute walk to my front door left in my trip.
