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Train Run to Kansas City
Sep. 11th, 2012 10:55 amWe are backtracking from Lexington to Kansas City!
This morning it was chilly...I could tell because my windows were fogged.
AWESOME!! Can't WAIT for fall!!
Spent the morning making calls, mainly setting a doctor's appointment (yay checkups!)
I also hope to visit the WWI Museum, Money Museum, American Royal, and a Trader Joe's while we're here!
We'll see what I'll actually have time for haha.
( Today )
(later)
Eric, our head porter, has put in his notice and will be leaving the circus. He's worked here for 3 years and is about my age. I think he's just tired of it and wants to try staying in one place for a while.
(Porter = the same thing as a building superintendent, but on a train)
Tonight is essentially his last train run. We were out on the vestibule just watching the scenery go by, and he said since it's his last train run, he wanted to see the stars.
So he goes back inside and in a few moments the lights go out on the vestibule.
It was amazing. Because we were in the middle of nowhere and there was no light pollution, you could see ALL the stars. The Milky Way looked like smoke flowing across the sky. For the first time I saw Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper) in the sky rather than a planetarium. Eric said he saw a shooting star...I didn't, but then again having never seen one, I wouldn't know what to look for.
The above photo was borrowed from another website, because there was no way I could take pictures. This image is closest to what it looked like. It was beautiful.
I'm very grateful that he shared his last night on the train with me.
This morning it was chilly...I could tell because my windows were fogged.
AWESOME!! Can't WAIT for fall!!
Spent the morning making calls, mainly setting a doctor's appointment (yay checkups!)
I also hope to visit the WWI Museum, Money Museum, American Royal, and a Trader Joe's while we're here!
We'll see what I'll actually have time for haha.
( Today )(later)
Eric, our head porter, has put in his notice and will be leaving the circus. He's worked here for 3 years and is about my age. I think he's just tired of it and wants to try staying in one place for a while.
(Porter = the same thing as a building superintendent, but on a train)
Tonight is essentially his last train run. We were out on the vestibule just watching the scenery go by, and he said since it's his last train run, he wanted to see the stars.
So he goes back inside and in a few moments the lights go out on the vestibule.
It was amazing. Because we were in the middle of nowhere and there was no light pollution, you could see ALL the stars. The Milky Way looked like smoke flowing across the sky. For the first time I saw Ursa Minor (the Little Dipper) in the sky rather than a planetarium. Eric said he saw a shooting star...I didn't, but then again having never seen one, I wouldn't know what to look for.
The above photo was borrowed from another website, because there was no way I could take pictures. This image is closest to what it looked like. It was beautiful.
I'm very grateful that he shared his last night on the train with me.
