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Mountain Girl
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JoAnn
Colville
WA
USA
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 Posted - Sep 17 2007 : 09:00:15 AM
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| I'm leaving later to go to Spokane during the daylight to avoid running into any deer or moose to await my departure at 1:15A.M Tuesday for a trip to Minnesota to see my son and the cabin he's building on his land (formerly ours which we gave to him when we moved here), my mom and a friend's daughter's wedding. I love traveling by train. Luckily the times I choose to go the train is fairly empty so you can usually get two seats to stretch out in. Hopefully that is true this time. Even the time I had a really bad cold and coughed all the way home the people who I worried I was disturbing were helpful--offering me cough drops, telling me not to worry about disturbing them it's happened to them too. So see you again in 10 days. JoAnn |
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Jen
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Jennifer
Calico Rock
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USA
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Posted - Sep 17 2007 : 12:20:14 PM
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Can't wait to hear about the trip, JoAnn! I've never traveled by train but would love to - the route you're taking is gorgeous, I bet. So, does this mean your son is hanging up his fieldwork hat and settling down? Talk to you when you return, Jen
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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Mountain Girl
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JoAnn
Colville
WA
USA
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Posted - Sep 17 2007 : 1:15:54 PM
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| Leaving in a couple of hours. The son I'm visiting is not the one is Alaska. Pat's still in Minnesota working a computer company.JoAnn |
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Jen
Expedition Leader
1384 Posts
Jennifer
Calico Rock
AR
USA
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Posted - Sep 17 2007 : 2:38:33 PM
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Oops - I forgot there were 2! Have a fun, safe trip. Hope the weather's lovely!
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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Mountain Girl
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JoAnn
Colville
WA
USA
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Posted - Oct 01 2007 : 3:38:42 PM
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| Well I'm back and overall it was a pretty good trip. The train to Mpls was crowded and missing one car so I had a single seat on the aisle which wasn't the most comfortable. On the way back I got a double seat the whole way and was more comfortable. There was no snow in Glacier on the way out but lots on the way back. Met a lot of interesting (and not so interesting: )people. JoAnn |
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Jen
Expedition Leader
1384 Posts
Jennifer
Calico Rock
AR
USA
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Posted - Oct 02 2007 : 07:47:47 AM
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Welcome back, JoAnn! Are you one to strike up a conversation with whoever's sitting next to you, for better or worse? Not me. I've gotta have a book for refuge (or a good window seat). How's the cabin coming along?
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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Mountain Girl
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237 Posts
JoAnn
Colville
WA
USA
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Posted - Oct 02 2007 : 08:40:32 AM
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| Jen You are just like my husband and sons. I am a talker. Of course if I find I don't like the way the conversations is going I rush off to the lounge or back to my seat and it's time for a nap: ) You do learn a lot talking to people--like you're way different than a lot of people. Most people don't watch birds, look for mushrooms, go on hikes etc. The sauna was finished while I was gone and anytime now the first sauna will be taken.JoAnn |
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Jen
Expedition Leader
1384 Posts
Jennifer
Calico Rock
AR
USA
1384 Posts |
Posted - Oct 02 2007 : 6:50:54 PM
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Oooh, you'll have to let us know how you like your little "sweat lodge"! But I meant Pat's cabin on the land - is he living in it yet, or is it still bare bones?
(Maybe in a few more years I'll grow to enjoy the things I might learn from talking to all of those different people out there...maybe. I'm sure glad I met you at MJ's - but we're not all that different!)
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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Mountain Girl
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JoAnn
Colville
WA
USA
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Posted - Oct 02 2007 : 7:47:32 PM
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| Pat would love to live at the cabin but I don't think that's in the future. Now it's a place he can go and relax. He seemed so happy and content when I saw him there .Makes a mom very happy. The only thing left to do is put on the outside siding. He has done this whole project and has gone into a little debt without asking for any help from us. We said we would give him the money for the siding. I once read an article that said if you are able give you money to your kids when they need you should not after your gone and they themselves are in a position that they don't need it. I am happy to be in a position to do just that. JoAnn |
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Jen
Expedition Leader
1384 Posts
Jennifer
Calico Rock
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USA
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Posted - Oct 03 2007 : 06:46:56 AM
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That's wonderful, JoAnn - something for a mother of young ones to aspire to. 
The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com
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Elizaray
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Elizaray
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Posted - Oct 03 2007 : 3:11:46 PM
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It sounds like your trip was great! When you mention Glacier, is that Glacier National Park in Montana? I have never been there, but watched a special on it on the travel channel. It looks like a beautiful place.
I have never been on a train before, do you prefer traveling by train as opposed to driving or flying?
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Mountain Girl
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JoAnn
Colville
WA
USA
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Posted - Oct 03 2007 : 3:50:51 PM
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| Elizaray, Yup Glacier National Park. It's beautiful. I'm not a fan of airlplanes and airports. I would drive if my beloved car wasn't so old and the price of gas wasn't so high. Train travel is not for everyone but I love it despite the absurd times in leaves and arrives in Spokane. Funny side note I overheard a conversation where one passenger got a sleeper for the first time and loved it. The guy he was talking to had a sleeper alsoand he didn't like it. JoAnn |
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