The train that was supposed to leave for home at 10 pm on the 15th, did not arrive at the station until 11:15 am on the 16th. It was a long, cold, uncomfortable night for 7 of us at the Klamath Falls train station. It wouldn’t have been so bad, but the hard, wooden benches had hard, wooden armrests about every 2 feet, which made it impossible to lie down. And, we kept being told: “another 2 hours”, all night long. By sunrise, everyone was pretty grumpy, besides being tired and sore. On the up side: I upgraded to a sleeper and realized that is the only way to travel on a train. It was sheer heaven at that point, to get to lay down flat on a soft bed in a private compartment. My heartfelt gratitude goes out to Towana, who was like a housemother in our sleeper car. She had my baggage put away and me tucked into bed in the blink of an eye. So, I actually got home rested and happy. I do miss the beautiful forests and mountains up north.
The picture below is on the way to Mt. Shasta on the 89. There was nobody but me on the road, so I snapped a picture. I’m not sure you can tell, but it’s snowing, and the sun is still shining down.
