Monday, February 04, 2008

And it only took the TCS to screw up air travel...

I don't know if you remember, but Eddie and I once took the Amtrack from Los Angeles to Tucson overnight. We were going to the Wisconsin Uof Arizona game - and the Amtrack goes overnight from LA to the game site.

Ah... I thought it would be a fun experience - very Nick and Nora. It turned out to be a nightmare of slow moving trains, 4 hours late and Ed constantly bitching about it in a very un-Nick or Nora like manner. And, at the end of the trip, Eddie making me take the camara out to get a picture of him getting off the train. He said, "Take a picture now. Cuz, you're never going to see me on Amtrack again!"



Well, last night Eddie called as he was riding Amtrack from New York to Philadelphia. And he was loving it. More room than the plane, less hassle. He lef our house at 7:30, got a ticket on the 8PM train and would be there in less thna an hour. Or, quicker than it would be to get to Newark Airport and go through security.

Thank you TCS. You haven't made the skies one whit safer, but you have made train travel seem more pleasent.