HAY!

“Good to keep smaller farmers active who raise their own livestock, it keeps the hay crop in rotation on their farms.

HAY!

Its roots help hold soil on steep slopes and help prevent run-off and pollution.

HAY!

It's what's for supper...


....





... if you're a cow.




HAY!

OK, I need to finish packing and make my drive to the Amtrak station. The backpack is in a big duffel... Now how much else do I need? ?!? Happy Thanksgiving all!

See ya in the wee hours, stikkie!!”

“Let me get this straight now, lizs, you actually DO backpacking?

He he he....”

“This brings up a good point. I've noticed "hay" being used for "hey". What's up with this? Would Ms. Manners approve??”

“I used to have an external frame pack, but Amtrack did their best to return it to its constituant molecules about ten years ago. Employ Caution.

When I got off the train in Arizona and discovered the demolition, I had about an hour to buy a new pack for a 3-week trip, 2 weeks of which were going to be on the trail. Was that ever a b!tch-and-a-half.

Sorry about the rant, but that just SUCKED, <G>!”

“Wow, Tilt, that is one of the worst "Vacation" experiences I've ever heard.

But it doesn't top the one where a friend of mine put all her luggage on a plane and then her son broke his arm in the airport. They went to the hospital in an ambulance and then the son puked all over my friend. Needless to say, she had no clothes to change into for the trip home on the plane.”

“Lizs sez don't say hay, lessen yer talkin bout cow food. Ain't right ya shud say hay when ya means hey, ain't thet right darlin?”

“hey”

“Lizs, Amtrak???????? Now that's skeeeeery. I'd say your luggage is the least of your troubles. ;-)

ENJOY!”

“It just shows ta go ya Lyndy... Things Can ALWAYS be Worse.

No matter how completely FUBAR the situation!



Riding on Amtrack, YES, forget the luggage... "Excuse me but could I install my own ejection seat?"

Two weeks after we got home, the Southern Limited crashed into the bayou. Remember the story of how the captain went up the wrong estuary and NUDGED the bridge with barge... and the train came barrelling through a few minutes later....

Lizs has already left so we can tell all the train-related horror stories now, right? LOL”

“Yes, with Amtrack, timing is everything!”

“Train rides are fun I have been on lots of them!

8)”

“Oh, By The Way...

According to The New TrailTalk Dictionary, it's not 'alfalfa' any longer; it's 'alpha alpha'.

<G>”

“and for those musically inclined, we have just recently obtained the lyrics to "Hobo's Lullaby" by Goebel Reeves...


Do not think about tomorrow,
Let tomorrow come and go.
Tonight you’ve got a nice warm boxcar
Safe from all the rain and snow.

So go to sleep, you weary hobo,
Let the towns drift slowly by.
Can’t you hear the steel rail hummin’ ?
That’s the hobo’s lullaby.

Oh, I know your clothes are ragged
And your hair is turning grey.
Lift your head and smile at trouble,
You’ll find peace of mind someday.

So go to sleep, you little hobo,
Let the towns drift slowly by.
Tonight you’ve got a nice warm boxcar,
That’s the hobo’s lullaby.

I know the police cause you trouble,
They cause trouble everywhere.
But when you die and go to Heaven,
There will be no police there.

So go to sleep, you weary hobo,
Let the towns drift slowly by.
Can you hear the steel rail hummin’ ?
That’s the hobo’s lullaby.

Do not let your heart be troubled
If the world calls you a bum.
‘Cause if your mother lived, she’d love you,
You are still your mother’s son.

So go to sleep, my weary hobo,
Let the towns drift slowly by.
Can you hear the steel rails hummin’ ?
That’s the hobo’s lullaby.
That’s the hobo’s lullaby.
That’s the hobo’s lullaby.


Thank you very much.

Ha ha ha, the man who parted the Rio Grande river to get into the United States! From Texas, ABC recording artist, Kinky Friedman!

Take it away, Wichita.




(now if that ain't a train song, I'll eat my hat)”